Municipal elections draw record number to advance polls

New Brunswickers turned out in record numbers to the advance polls on Saturday and Monday, according to Elections New Brunswick.

Paul Harpelle, a spokesperson for Elections New Brunswick, said 47,082 votes were cast over the two advance polling days, eclipsing the 39.902 advance votersfrom 2012.

The Albert-Westmorland region has experienced the highest voter turnout, which includes Riverview, Dieppe, Sackville and Memramcook.

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Saint John was another hotbed of early voting.

The city recorded 4,348 ballots cast over the two advance polling days.

Meanwhile, the fewest number of voters turned outin the Charlotte and Carleton-Victoria regions, with 1,049 and 1,136 votes, respectively.

Harpelle said municipal returning officers reported lower numbers of voters during the day with the pace picking up at the end of the work day and after supper.

New Brunswickers are going to the polls on May 9 to electmayors andcouncillors as well as to pick representatives for regional health authority boards and district education councils.