Dawn E. Arnold is a Canadian politician, public figure, and community organizer, who served as mayor of

Moncton Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...

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from 2016 to 2025. She was first elected in the 2016 municipal election. She was the city's first female mayor. Dawn Arnold was born on April 23, 1966 in Mount Brydges, Ontario. Prior to winning the mayoralty, Arnold served a term on

Moncton City Council The Moncton City Council () is the governing body of the City of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. It consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected to four-year terms. The council is non- partisan with the mayor serving as the chairman, casting a ...

as a city councillor at large, and was the chair of the city's

Frye Festival The Frye Festival, formerly known as the Northrop Frye International Literary Festival, is a bilingual (French and English) literary festival held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada in April of each year. The festival began in 1999 and honours n ...

. She was re-elected in May 2021, in an election which had been postponed due to the

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. On March 7, 2025, she was appointed to the

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by the Governor General on the advice of Prime Minister

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. and joined the

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