Victoria-Tobique was a
provincial electoral district for the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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, Canada. This riding was created in
the 1973 redistribution when New Brunswick moved to
single member districts
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. It had previously been part of the
Victoria
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* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
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district which returned two members.
The riding, which was not changed in the
1994 redistribution, is made up of the
anglophone
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parts of Victoria County which are primarily along the
Tobique River The Tobique River (pro. Toe-Bick) is a river in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. The river rises from Nictau Lake in Mount Carleton Provincial Park and flows for 148 kilometres to its confluence with the Saint John River near Perth-Andover.
Th ...
. It includes three incorporated
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
:
Perth-Andover
Perth-Andover (2016 population: 1,590) is a village in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Geography
The village is divided by the Saint John River with Perth on the east bank and Andover on the west bank; each was a separate community u ...
,
Plaster Rock and
Aroostook as well as the
Tobique First Nation Indian reserve
In Canada, an Indian reserve (french: réserve indienne) is specified by the '' Indian Act'' as a "tract of land, the legal title to which is vested in Her Majesty,
that has been set apart by Her Majesty for the use and benefit of a band."
In ...
.
In
2006, it added small parts of
Carleton County
Carleton County (2016 population 26,220) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada.
The western border is Aroostook County, Maine, the northern border is Victoria County, and the southeastern border is York County from which it was fo ...
to its territory. It was abolished in the
2013 redistribution.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Former provincial electoral districts of New Brunswick
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