Victoria-La Vallée is a
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electoral district
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for the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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, Canada.
History
It was created in
1973
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as Grand Falls. Though its boundaries were unchanged in
1994
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, the name was changed to Grand Falls Region to reflect the fact that the district included not only the
Town of Grand Falls but also the communities of
Drummond and
Saint-André. The district underwent only slight boundary changes in
2006
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but the name was again changed to the less unusual and more easily
bilingual
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Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André.
In the
2013 redistribution the riding expanded significantly as it was nearly 30% underpopulated. It moved south taking in parts of Victoria County north of the
Aroostook River
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and north taking in the areas around and including the
Town of St-Leonard.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
Victoria-La Vallée
Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint André
Grand Falls Region
Grand Falls
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of New BrunswickMap of riding as of 2018
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Grand Falls, New Brunswick
New Brunswick provincial electoral districts