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Tracadie-Sheila (electoral District)
Tracadie-Sheila is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is centred on the town of Tracadie-Sheila Tracadie-Sheila ( ) is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is now part of the Regional Municipality of Tracadie. History Demographics Population Language Tourism and culture Located on the Acadian Peninsula ... and is 95% French speaking. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2014–present , - , - 1995–2010 See also * Tracadie (electoral district) References External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Electoral Redistribution, 1994
The 1994 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the first re-alignment of electoral districts in New Brunswick, Canada, since 1973. Under this redistribution, several districts were changed significantly due to considerable population shifts from the northern part of the province to the south. The total number of districts was reduced from 58 to 55. Due to considerable population shifts over the course of two decades, some ridings were merged, while others were split in two, and some were unchanged. The draft recommendations of new districts was created by a royal commission appointed by Premier Frank McKenna Francis Joseph McKenna (born January 19, 1948) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and diplomat. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He served as Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2006 ... in late 1991, which completed its report in 1993. The report was then referred to the provincial legislature which m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Chiasson
Keith Raymond Chiasson is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election. New Brunswick, September 25, 2018. He represents the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila
Tracadie-Sheila ( ) is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is now part of the Regional Municipality of Tracadie.
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Provinces And Territories Of Canada
Within the geographical areas of Canada, the ten provinces and three territories are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territorial governments are creatures of statute with powers delegated to them by the Parliament of Canada. The powers flowing from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of New Brunswick
A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions, with authority to amend the budget involved. The members of a legislature are called legislators. In a democracy, legislators are most commonly popularly Election, elected, although indirect election and appointment by the executive are also used, particularly for bicameralism, bicameral legislatures featuring an upper chamber. Terminology The name used to refer to a legislative body varies by country. Common names include: * Assembly (from ''to assemble'') * Congress (from ''to congregate'') * Council (from Latin 'meeting') * Diet (from old German 'people') * Estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick
The Regional Municipality of Tracadie is the first and only regional municipality in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It had a population of 16,114 in 2016. History Tracadie and Sheila were separate communities whose municipal governments were merged into the Town of Grand Tracadie-Sheila on January 1, 1992. The new entity also encompassed a non-incorporated sector North of the Town which was located in the civil parish of Saumarez. In total, the new Town of Tracadie-Sheila counted some 4,200 inhabitants upon creation. There were several reasons for this amalgamation. The towns of Tracadie and Sheila shared contiguous borders and several common services such as Recreation and Police services, and their amalgamation resulted in savings in administrative costs by eliminating a duplication of administrative services, fire services and public works. In July 2014, the Regional Municipality (RM) of Grand Tracadie–Sheila was formed through a municipal restructuring process ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracadie (electoral District)
Tracadie was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was superseded by the Tracadie-Sheila Tracadie-Sheila ( ) is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is now part of the Regional Municipality of Tracadie. History Demographics Population Language Tourism and culture Located on the Acadian Peninsula ... district in 1995. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results External linksWebsite of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Former provincial electoral districts of New Brunswick {{Canada-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Landry
Claude Landry (born April 29, 1955) was a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Tracadie-Sheila. He was Deputy Speaker and named Legislative Secretary to the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development in 2010. He was defeated by Serge Rousselle as the MLA for Tracadie-Sheila in the 2014 provincial election. Claude Landry was born on April 29, 1955, in Tracadie, New Brunswick. His parents, Bernadette and Emile Landry, had eight children, and Claude has a twin brother, Paul. He obtained a diploma of health sciences degree from the Université de Moncton in 1976 and his Doctor of Dental Surgery from Université de Montréal in 1982. He practised as a dentist in Tracadie from 1982 to 1991 and in Neguac, New Brunswick, from 1991 to 2001. From 2001 to 2006, Landry was the executive assistant to the New Brunswick Minister of Health and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Rousselle
Serge Rousselle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party until 2018, when he did not run for reelection and was succeeded by his former constituency assistant Keith Chiasson. On October 7, 2014, Rousselle was appointed to the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Attorney General. He holds undergraduate degrees in political science and law from the University of Ottawa as well as a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Law from McGill University. After being abroad for his studies, he returned to Tracadie, New Brunswick, and was a professor at the Université de Moncton law faculty from 1992 to 2014. He served as dean from 2000 to 2004. Rousselle has also held various positions in organizations at the provincial, federal, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Duguay
Roger Duguay is a former Canadian politician and Roman Catholic priest. He sought election to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick unsuccessfully on four occasions as a representative of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party (NDP). He served as the New Brunswick NDP's leader from 2007 to 2010. Political career Duguay has been a candidate for the NB New Democratic Party on three previous occasions, dating back to the 1991 election. In 1999, he ran in the riding of Centre-Péninsule. As a result, he was suspended from his position as a pastor with the Catholic Church for breaking the Diocese's policy on political activity. Although he was reinstated after the election, he later left the church voluntarily in order to continue his political career. In the 2006 election, Duguay was the party's most successful candidate, winning 26.1 per cent of the vote in the riding of Miramichi Bay-Neguac. This result led to his successful nomination for the party leadership on October 13 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvy Robichaud
Elvy Robichaud (born April 3, 1951 in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick) is a former Canadian politician. He last served in 2006 as the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tracadie-Sheila. Education Robichaud was educated at the University of Moncton where he received Bachelor of Physical Education, Bachelor of Education and Master of Education degrees. He was a school principal and later a hospital administrator through the 1980s and early 1990s. Politics While at the University of Moncton he was involved in student government and was elected to Tracadie municipal council in 1983 serving one three-year term. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in a by-election in 1994. A Progressive Conservative, he was the first of his party to win a seat in the area since 1912. His party was struggling at the time and was a third party in the legislature. He was re-elected in 1995 when his party regained the status of official opposition u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
