Provincial and Territorial Elections

Specific details for each Canadian Province and Territory : Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Yukon

New Brunswick

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The Register of Electors and Voters Lists

Like Alberta and Manitoba, New Brunswick produces a register of electors and voters lists. When you register to vote, your personal information is added to the register of electors. It may be used in any election for the purposes set out by the Elections Act. This information includes your:

• Name
• Gender
• Address

[Elections Act, s. 20.5(2)]

Your personal information can be added to the register through:

• A general enumeration of the province or an electoral district
• Another list of electors prepared for an election
• Treatment centres
• Elections Canada
• New Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety (for name, address, gender, date of birth, and other related information)
• New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government (for address data and other related information)
• Service New Brunswick (for name, address, gender, date of birth, date of death, date of residency, citizenship, and other related information)

[Elections Act, ss. 20.3, 20.6(1), 20.6(3)]

However, regarding the last three bullet points, Elections New Brunswick can only use those sources to add a new voter to the register with that voter’s consent [s. 20.8(1)].

The voters lists are prepared using information from the register and potentially from an enumeration, or both [s. 20(3)]. There is a list for each electoral district, which has the same personal information as the register [s. 42.1(1)]. 

Voters lists, unlike the register, are shared with political parties, candidates, and MLAs. Parties and candidates can use your information to communicate with you and solicit your vote and/or contributions but cannot use it for any other purpose [ss. 42 and 42.1].

Controlling your Information

In New Brunswick, you may:

• request to add yourself to the register in between elections
• request access to your personal information stored in the register
• update your information in the register
• have the uses of that information limited to strictly electoral purposes
• have your information removed from the register entirely

[Elections Act, ss. 20.9(1), 20.12(1)(b), 20.13, 20.14]

You must be on a list of electors (a voters list) to vote in New Brunswick. Although you may have your personal information removed at any point in between elections, if you would like to vote you may want to wait to remove your information until after the election is over.

Before the election, Elections New Brunswick will send you a card with information about the nearest poll, voting instructions, and more. If you remove your information from the register, you will not receive this card. 

To have your information corrected or deleted from the register, fill out this form and mail it to this address:

• Chief Electoral Officer
• 545 Two Nations Crossing
• P.O. Box 6000
• Fredericton, N.B.
• E3B 5H1

Sources

• Elections Act, RSNB 1973, c E-3.
• Voters List – Elections NB
• Elections NB – Frequently Asked Questions
• Application for Correction or Deletion of Elector Information

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These pages were last updated and reviewed in the summer of 2024. 

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