New Brunswick electoral redistribution

Unlike most other provinces and the federal government, the province of New Brunswick until very recently had no statutory mechanism for electoral district redistribution. Thus, redistributions were not predictable and occurred only when consensus in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick demanded it. Throughout most of New Brunswick's early history redistribution was a result of the addition of new counties, upon which the districts were based, which expanded from seven in 1785 to fifteen in 1874.

Starting in 2005-2006, electoral distributions were undertaken under statutory requirements first immediately thereafter and initially after every decennial Canadian census starting in 2011, however the Act was later amendment to hold them after every two general elections.

List of electoral redistributions

History of districts

1784-1995

From the founding of New Brunswick until 1995, no electoral district crossed a county line. All districts through this time period can be traced back to one of New Brunswick's original 8 counties. From the 1973 redistribution until the abolishment of these districts at the 1995 election, all districts had 1 member.

Electoral Districts
Original County 1785 1795 1824 1826 1827 1834 1838 1842 1845 1846 1874 1891 1895 1912 1924 1926 1946 1967 1973
Charlotte Charlotte (4 members) Charlotte (3 members) Charlotte (4 members) Charlotte Centre
Charlotte West
Charlotte-Fundy
St. Stephen-Milltown (1 member) St. Stephen-Milltown
Kings Kings (2 members) Kings (3 members) Kings Centre
Kings East
Kings West
Northumberland Northumberland (2 members) Northumberland (2 members) Northumberland (2 members) Northumberland (4 members) Northumberland (5 members) Bay du Vin
Chatham
Miramichi Bay
Miramichi-Newcastle
Southwest Miramichi
Kent (1 member) Kent (2 members) Kent (3 members) Kent Centre
Kent North
Kent South
Gloucester (1 member) Gloucester (2 members) Gloucester (2 members) Gloucester (3 members) Gloucester (4 members) Gloucester (5 members) Gloucester (5 members) Caraquet
Nepisiguit-Chaleur
Nigadoo-Chaleur
Shippagan-les-Îles
Tracadie
Bathurst (1 member)
Restigouche (1 member) Restigouche (2 members) Restigouche (3 members) Restigouche (3 members) Dalhousie
Restigouche East
Restigouche West
Campbellton (1 member)
Queens Queens (2 members) Queens North
Queens South
Saint John Saint John (6 members) Saint John City (2 members) Saint John City (4 members) Saint John Centre (4 members) Saint John Harbour
Saint John North
Saint John City and County (4 members) Saint John Park
Saint John South
Saint John County (2 members) Saint John East (2 members) East Saint John
Saint John-Fundy
Saint John West (1 member)
Sunbury Sunbury (2 members) Oromocto
Sunbury
Westmorland Westmorland (4 members) Westmorland (4 members) Westmorland (4 members) Memramcook
Petitcodiac
Shediac
Tantramar
Moncton (1 member) Moncton (2 members) Moncton (3 members) Moncton East
Moncton North
Moncton West
Albert (2 members) Albert
Riverview
York York (4 members) York (4 members) York (3 members) York (4 members) York (2 members) York North
York South
Fredericton (1 member) Fredericton (2 members) Fredericton North
Fredericton South
Carleton (2 members) Carleton (2 members) Carleton (3 members) Carleton Centre
Carleton North
Carleton South
Victoria (2 members) Victoria (1 member) Victoria (2 members) Grand Falls
Victoria-Tobique
Madawaska (1 member) Madawaska (2 members) Madawaska (3 members) Madawaska (3 members) Madawaska Centre
Madawaska South
Madawaska-les-Lacs
Edmundston (1 member)

1995-present
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