Moncton Northwest (french: Moncton-Nord-Ouest) is a
provincial electoral district for the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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,
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. It was first be contested in the
1995 general election, having been created in the
1994 redistribution of electoral boundaries with the name Moncton Crescent.
The district was first created in 1995 out of
Petitcodiac, then the most populous electoral district in the province. It took its name from the fact that its shape was a
crescent
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over the north of the city of
Moncton. It lost much of its easternmost territory in the
2006 redistribution and lost much of its crescent shape. It lost more territory in
2013
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but gained parts of
Petitcodiac and was renamed Moncton Northwest.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
Moncton Northwest
Moncton Crescent
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of New BrunswickMap of riding as of 2018
New Brunswick provincial electoral districts
Politics of Moncton
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