New Brunswick’s three largest cities are now all being led by female mayors.
The three women were elected in Tuesday night’s municipal election results in Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John.
Long-time councillor Kate Rogers won the mayoral race in Fredericton. She was declared elected after finishing with 9,056 votes compared with incumbent Mike O’Brien’s 5,045 votes.
Rogers, who has sat at the council table for nine years, has worked in the non-profit and arts sectors.
O’Brien, a professional engineer and former councillor, served one term as mayor.
In Moncton, incumbent Dawn Arnold — the city’s first female mayor — finished with 9,998 votes over challenger Erik Gingle’s 7,016 votes.
Arnold helped found the city’s Frye Festival and is a member of the Order of New Brunswick.
Gingles was running on a platform that focused on investing in the downtown, enhancing accountability and promoting sustainability.
In Saint John, two-term councillor Donna Reardon will be taking over the reins as mayor.
At 10,089 votes, she finished with nearly double the votes of the next candidate, Mel Vincent.
She was among four candidates vying for the city’s top chair after Mayor Don Darling opted not to run again following an extended, five-year single term.
Reardon, who is a trained dietician, ran on a platform that called on bringing more investment to the city in order to create infrastructure to attract residents.
Most of the province voted in these municipal elections back on May 10.
However, a COVID-19 outbreak in the Edmundston and Upper Madawaska regions delayed in-person voting there until Tuesday.
New Brunswick Chief Electoral Officer Kim Poffenroth told Global News the vote tabulation machines would be packed up after polls closed on May 10 and transported to Fredericton, where they would be held in a secure location.
The entire province’s results were revealed beginning Tuesday night.
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