Kent North (french: Kent-Nord) is a
provincial electoral district for the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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, Canada.
The district was established in the
1973 redistribution which saw New Brunswick move from a system of
plurality-at-large voting
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(with multi-member ridings) to a
first-past-the-post voting
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
system (with single-member ridings). It took the northern third of the former three-member district for
Kent County. In the
1994 redistribution, it added the Rogersville area from
Northumberland County and was renamed Rogersville-Kouchibouguac. In the
2006 redistribution, it lost minor territory to
Kent
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, but it regained that territory in
2013
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as well as additional territory in the
Rexton and
Elsipogtog areas. Following the 2013 changes, it returned to its original name of Kent North.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Electoral history
Kent North (2014–present)
Rogersville-Kouchibouguac
Kent North (1974–1995)
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of New BrunswickMap of riding as of 2018
New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
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