Photo: Scott Davis · CC BY 2.5Wakefield’s MP is Richard Bragdon (Conservative Party of Canada), for Tobique—Mactaquac
Across New Brunswick, 6 of the 10 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada. In the census’s list of municipalities, Wakefield is a parish. No open list of councils exists in New Brunswick, so no mayor of Wakefield is named here. Without an open map of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s ridings, this page can’t say which one Wakefield is in.
Three governments, and who does what
Wakefield, a parish in New Brunswick, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
legnb.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Some services are planned regionally: Wakefield belongs to one of New Brunswick’s 12 regional service commissions.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Wakefield, from the most recent elections.
- 1Wakefield councilParish
- 2Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick–
- 3House of CommonsTobique—Mactaquac
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Wakefield votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Wakefield council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on 21 October 2024. The council elected on 11 May 2026 serves until 13 May 2030, when Wakefield council is chosen again. The Municipal Elections Act fixes that date: the second Monday in May every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
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Richard Bragdon represents Tobique—Mactaquac in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Tobique—Mactaquac · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada6
- Conservative Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Richard Bragdon has sat in the Commons since 2019, now for the 3rd Parliament. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Tobique—Mactaquac would have gone to the Conservative Party of Canada with 53%, and Richard Bragdon kept it for them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Richard Bragdon kept Tobique—Mactaquac for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021
Results in Tobique—Mactaquac as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
In 2021, Tobique—Mactaquac went to Richard Bragdon (Conservative Party of Canada) on 51%; Cully Robinson (Liberal Party of Canada) finished 9,313 votes behind. The 2019 result had favoured Richard Bragdon as well, at 50%. 62% of electors in Tobique—Mactaquac voted in 2021, below the 63% turnout across Canada.
All 6 candidates in Tobique—Mactaquac, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Bragdon | Conservative Party of Canada | 17,536 | 51.0% |
| Cully Robinson | Liberal Party of Canada | 8,223 | 23.9% |
| Meriet Gray Miller | New Democratic Party | 3,656 | 10.6% |
| Daniel Joseph Waggoner | People's Party of Canada | 2,930 | 8.5% |
| Anthony Martin | Green Party of Canada | 1,657 | 4.8% |
| Steven J LaForest | Independent | 398 | 1.2% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Wakefield is run
Check or update the federal list.
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ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Not on this page. The open lists stop short of party labels, council budgets and band councils, so those are missing here.
- Who holds each seat. The members named here are Wikidata’s, kept up by volunteers; a by-election or a floor crossing may take a few days to show.
- Which riding. The 2021 Census homes of a place’s residents fix its ridings, and one is shown once it holds 5% of them.
Questions about how Wakefield is run
Who is the MP for Wakefield?
For Wakefield, it’s Richard Bragdon (Conservative Party of Canada), who holds Tobique—Mactaquac.
Which party won Wakefield in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Richard Bragdon (Conservative Party of Canada), who represents Tobique—Mactaquac still.
Who is the MLA for Wakefield?
Every MLA of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is on its members page, which is where to find the one for Wakefield.
Who heads the council in Wakefield?
The head of Wakefield’s council isn’t named here; as a parish, it publishes its council itself.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).