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A Saint Andrews byelection for Ward 3, where Kate Akagi had been a candidate, will take place in June.
Residents to still vote for new mayor when N.B. has municipal elections in May
Raechel Huizinga · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 23, 2026 10:31 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Kate Akagi, the acting Saint Andrews mayor and a retired teacher, died this month. (Brad Henderson/Facebook)
Elections New Brunswick has countermanded an election in Saint Andrews following the death of a candidate last weekend.
Kate Akagi was the acting mayor of Saint Andrews and had been running for the Ward 3 seat in New Brunswick’s local government elections May 11.
Akagi died on April 18. Following rules set out in the Municipal Elections Act, Kim Poffenroth, the Elections N.B. chief electoral officer, cancelled the election — but only for the Ward 3 seat.
A byelection for that seat will now take place on June 22. All candidates interested in running in Ward 3 will be required to go through the standard nomination process,
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