Employment Opportunities with Elections N.B.
The Returning Officer for each electoral district or region is responsible for hiring all workers needed during an election.
ALL workers must be eligible to vote, but an exception is made for otherwise elgible high school students who are 16 or 17 years old. High school students must have permission from their school and parents to work during school hours.
Please note that, to be employed by Elections NB, you must agree to refrain from any partisan political activity during the term of your employment.
In provincial elections, an election officer cannot be an official representative or deputy official representative of any registered political party, or registered district association, a registered independent candidate, registered leadership contestant or registered nomination contestant, a chief agent, official agent or electoral district agent, as defined in the Elections Act.
A family associate (spouse, parent, child, or brother or sister) of a candidate, or that candidate’s spouse, cannot work as an election officer in the electoral district where the candidate is running.
Political parties may submit names of potential workers to the returning officer no later than noon on the seventh day after the writ of election is issued (Elections Act, ss.61(5)). The Chief Elector Officer has detailed instructions on the hiring process in P 01 413, Chief Electoral Officer Directives for Hiring of Election Officers.
In local government elections, a family associate (spouse, parent, child, or brother or sister) of a candidate, or that candidate’s spouse, cannot work as an election officer in a polling station or returning office where the candidate is on the ballot.
Eligible electors may apply directly to a returning office for employment, by telephoning the office, or by completing the online application form below.
- A list of the positions and the electoral district or region with a vacancy are listed below.
- To apply online, you must first determine the electoral district or region where you live so that your application can be directed to the correct returning officer.
- Please note that only those applicants being considered for a position will be contacted.
- Click "Begin Application" below the position to which you want to appply.
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