Dawn Arnold

Dawn Arnold
Arnold in 2018
Canadian Senator
from New Brunswick
Assumed office
March 7, 2025
Nominated byJustin Trudeau
Appointed byMary Simon
Mayor of Moncton
In office
May 2016  March 7, 2025
Preceded byGeorge LeBlanc
Succeeded byPaulette Thériault (acting)
Member-at-large of the Moncton City Council
In office
2012–2016
Chair of the Moncton Frye Festival
In office
1999–2016
Personal details
CitizenshipCanadian
Political partyIndependent Senators Group
SpousePaul Goobie
ResidenceMoncton
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Dawn E. Arnold is a Canadian politician, public figure, and community organizer, who served as mayor of Moncton, New Brunswick 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 as a city councillor at large, and was the chair of the city's Frye Festival.

She was re-elected in May 2021, in an election which had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick.

On March 7, 2025, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada by the Governor General on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. and joined the Independent Senators Group.