Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Dominic LeBlanc won Beauséjour by 17,787 votes in 2021, a wider lead than in 85% of Canada’s ridings
Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal Party of Canada) is the MP for Beauséjour, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Wellington. No provincial riding is named for Wellington, as no open boundary file exists for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick that we could find. Locally, Wellington is run as a parish. This page names no head of council for Wellington, as no open list of councils exists in New Brunswick.
What stands out in how Wellington is governed
A safe federal seat
In 2021 the winner in Beauséjour led the runner-up (Conservative Party of Canada) by 36.2 points, a wider gap than in 85% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Wellington has voted ↓
High federal turnout
At the 2021 federal election, Beauséjour out-voted 84% of the country’s ridings. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Wellington, 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.
Wellington also works through a regional service commission, one of 12 that cover New Brunswick.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Wellington, from the most recent elections.
- 1Wellington councilParish
- 2Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick–
- 3House of CommonsBeauséjour
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 Wellington votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington council | 11 May 2026 | 13 May 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | 21 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Elected on 11 May 2026, Wellington council is up again on 13 May 2030. That date comes from the Municipal Elections Act, which sets the second Monday in May every four years. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick on 21 October 2024. The 2025 results are left out because elections.ca’s terms forbid commercial reproduction; the open catalogue’s latest is 2021.
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
legnb.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Dominic LeBlanc represents Beauséjour in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Beauséjour · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2000
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada6
- Conservative Party of Canada4
As Wikidata records them.
In New Brunswick, 6 of 10 ridings are held by the Liberal Party of Canada, the party Dominic LeBlanc sits with.
The MP’s record
Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Beauséjour, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 56%; Dominic LeBlanc held it for them in 2025. The current Parliament is Dominic LeBlanc’s 9th, counting from a first win in 2000. In Ottawa, Dominic LeBlanc has been Minister of Public Safety (2023–2024), Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2020–2023) and President of the King's Privy Council for Canada (2019–2021).
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
In 2021, Beauséjour re-elected Dominic LeBlanc of the Liberal Party of Canada
These are the 2019 and 2021 results on the 2013 map of Beauséjour; its boundaries changed for the 2025 election.
Beauséjour elected Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal Party of Canada) in 2021: 56% of the vote, a lead of 17,787 over Shelly Mitchell (Conservative Party of Canada). Dominic LeBlanc already held it after the 2019 election, won with 46%.
All 6 candidates in Beauséjour, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic LeBlanc | Liberal Party of Canada | 27,313 | 55.6% |
| Shelly Mitchell | Conservative Party of Canada | 9,526 | 19.4% |
| Evelyne Godfrey | New Democratic Party | 5,394 | 11.0% |
| Jack Minor | People's Party of Canada | 3,723 | 7.6% |
| Stella Anna Girouard | Green Party of Canada | 2,798 | 5.7% |
| Isabelle Sauriol Chiasson | Free Party Canada | 391 | 0.8% |
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 Wellington is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsnb.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. Where residents of the 2021 Census live decides the riding; any riding with 5% of them or more is named.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Not on this page. Who controls the council by party (the open lists give none, and most Canadian councils sit without parties), budgets and band councils.
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
Questions about how Wellington is run
Who is the MP for Wellington?
Dominic LeBlanc of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Beauséjour, which includes Wellington.
Which party won Wellington in the 2021 federal election?
Dominic LeBlanc (Liberal Party of Canada) took Beauséjour in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MLA for Wellington?
Find the riding for Wellington on the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Wellington?
Wellington is a parish; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
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).