Mel Norton

Mel K. Norton is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick from 2012 to 2016.

Early life and career Norton was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and started his early life on Grand Manan.

He completed a bachelor of arts degree with a major in political science at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, and then attended law school at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton graduating in 1999. On May 14, 2012, he was elected as the 66th mayor of Saint John in a landslide victory, earning 75.6 per of the vote and taking every poll in every neighbourhood.

On January 14, 2016, Norton announced he would not seek re-election as mayor in the 2016 municipal election.

On May 4, 2016, Norton announced his intention to run for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. On October 22, 2016, Norton was defeated on the third ballot of the leadership election by Blaine Higgs.