1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution

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The 1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the most radical redistribution of electoral districts in the history of New Brunswick, Canada. Under this redistribution, New Brunswick changed from a mixture of multi-member districts and single-member districts to a scheme of only single-member districts, from bloc voting electoral system to first past the post.

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As the number of members per district had been re-evaluated as recently as 1967, the number of members was not changed, and multi-member districts were simply subdivided to form single-member districts.

Prior to the redistribution, New Brunswick had had the longest and deepest experience of multi-member districts of any province in Canada. The Block voting system in use though denied voters the proportional representation that they might otherwise have enjoyed. [1]

Transition of districts

Former electoral districtNew electoral districts
Albert Albert; Riverview
Bathurst unchanged
Campbellton unchanged
Carleton Carleton Centre; Carleton North; Carleton South
Charlotte Charlotte Centre; Charlotte-Fundy; Charlotte West; St. Stephen-Milltown
Edmundston unchanged
Fredericton Fredericton North; Fredericton South
Gloucester Caraquet; Nepisiguit-Chaleur; Nigadoo-Chaleur; Shippagan-les-Îles; Tracadie
Kent Kent Centre; Kent North; Kent South
Kings Kings Centre; Kings East; Kings West
Madawaska Madawaska Centre; Madawaska-les-Lacs; Madawaska South
Moncton Moncton East; Moncton North; Moncton West
Northumberland Bay du Vin; Chatham; Miramichi Bay; Miramichi-Newcastle; Southwest Miramichi
Queens Queens North; Queens South
Restigouche Dalhousie; Restigouche East; Restigouche West
Saint John Centre Saint John Harbour; Saint John North; Saint John Park; Saint John South
Saint John East East Saint John; Saint John-Fundy
Saint John West unchanged
Sunbury Oromocto; Sunbury
Victoria Grand Falls; Victoria-Tobique
Westmorland Memramcook; Petitcodiac; Shediac; Tantramar
York York North; York South

List of electoral districts

(each district returns one member)

Preceded by
1967
New Brunswick electoral redistributions Succeeded by
1994

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References

  1. Wikipedia: Electoral district (Canada)