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Carleton (New Brunswick Provincial Electoral District, 1995–2014)
Carleton was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. This district contained most of northern portions of Carleton County, New Brunswick, Carleton. It was created in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994, 1994 electoral redistribution out of Carleton North (electoral district), Carleton North and most of Carleton Centre. It was considered one of the safest seats in the province for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, Progressive Conservatives, having elected a representative of that party since its creation, including in the 1995 New Brunswick general election, 1995 election when the PCs won only 6 of 55 seats. The district was slightly altered in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006, 2006 redistribution when it lost small amounts of territory to the Victoria-Tobique district. The district was abolished in the New Brunswick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plurality-at-large Voting
Plurality block voting is a type of block voting method for multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The candidates with the most votes are elected. The usual result when the candidates divide into parties is that the most-popular party in the district sees its full slate of candidates elected, even if the party does not have support of majority of the voters. The term plurality at-large is in common usage in elections for representative members of a body who are elected or appointed to represent the whole membership of the body (for example, a city, state or province, nation, club or association). Where the system is used in a territory divided into multi-member electoral districts the system is commonly referred to as "block voting" or the "bloc vote". These systems are usually based on a single round of voting. The party-list version of block voting is party block voting (PBV), also called the general ticket, which also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Electoral Redistribution, 2006
The 2006 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was undertaken as a result of legislation introduced by Bernard Lord, the Premier of New Brunswick, Canada, on June 9, 2005. The legislation establishes a statutory requirement for redistricting, redistribution of electoral district (Canada), electoral districts after every decennial Statistics Canada, Canadian census. The redistribution process set out in the legislation took approximately six months to complete, and was overseen by an independent commission. The bill introduced by the government would have required that 55 Riding (division), ridings be maintained with populations varying between 75% and 110% of 1/55 of the provincial population. The parliamentary opposition, Opposition New Brunswick Liberal Association, Liberals expressed a desire for the commission to have greater flexibility either in the variance of the average population or in the number of districts. On June 30, 2005, an agreement was reached and the bill was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Electoral Redistribution, 1973
The 1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the most radical redistricting, redistribution of electoral districts in the history of New Brunswick, Canada. Under this redistribution, New Brunswick changed from a mixture of multi-member districts and single-member districts to a scheme of only single-member districts, from Plurality-at-large voting, bloc voting electoral system to first past the post. As the number of members per district had been re-evaluated as recently as New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1967, 1967, the number of members was not changed, and multi-member districts were simply subdivided to form single-member districts. Prior to the redistribution, New Brunswick had had the longest and deepest experience of multi-member districts of any province in Canada. The Plurality block voting, Block voting system in use though denied voters the proportional representation that they might otherwise have enjoyed.Wikipedia: Electoral district (Canada) Transitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton-Victoria
Carleton-Victoria is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 New Brunswick general election, 2014 general election, having been created in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2013, 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries by combining portions of the Carleton (1995-2014 New Brunswick provincial electoral district), Carleton and Victoria-Tobique electoral districts. The district includes the northern parts of Carleton County and the southern and eastern parts of Victoria County. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party
The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right conservative political party in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The party has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony. It has historically followed the Red Tory tradition. From the 2010s, the party underwent a shift to Blue Toryism after the election of Blaine Higgs as leader, who was premier from 2018 to 2024. History Initially, Conservative supporters tended to be United Empire Loyalists and supporters of the business community. In the 1860s, the Conservative and Liberal parties split over the issue of Canadian confederation and were replaced by the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party. By 1870, the pro-Confederation party became generally known as the Liberal-Conservatives or just “Conservatives," and were aligned with the national Conservative Party of Sir John A. Macdonald. The party was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Graham
Dale Allison Graham (born October 6, 1951''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1997'', Kathryn O'Handley ) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He served as an MLA from 1993 to 2014, as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2010 to 2014, and as a member of the provincial cabinet from 1999 to 2006. Early life and career Born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, the son of Robert Graham and Letha Delong, Graham attended school in Centreville. He became a small business owner and was involved in local politics at the school board level. He married Shelley McDougall in 1972. In the 1991 provincial election, Graham was defeated by Liberal incumbent Fred Harvey, however Harvey's victory was later declared void when Harvey was convicted of violating election spending laws. Graham was successful in a by-election in 1993 winning the Carleton North seat. Graham went on to be re-elected in the new electoral district of Carleton in the 1995, 1999, 2003, 2006 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodstock (electoral District)
Woodstock was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Legislature, in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The assembly's seat is located in Fredericton. It was established in Saint John ''de jure'' ..., Canada. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results Woodstock Carleton South References External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Former provincial electoral districts of New Brunswick Woodstock, New Brunswick {{Canada-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton (New Brunswick Provincial Electoral District)
Woodstock-Hartland is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is located in the west-central part of the province, and is centred on the towns of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Woodstock and Hartland, New Brunswick, Hartland. It was first contested as Carleton in the 2014 New Brunswick general election, 2014 general election, having been created in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2013, 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries from portions of the former ridings of Woodstock (electoral district), Woodstock, Carleton (1995-2014 New Brunswick provincial electoral district), Carleton and a small part of York North (New Brunswick provincial electoral district), York North. The riding was renamed Woodstock-Hartland following the 2023 redistribution. The district includes the south-central parts of Carleton County, New Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton 2006 Vs 2014
Carleton may refer to: Education establishments * Carleton College, a liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, United States * Carleton School in Bradford, Massachusetts, United States * Carleton University, a university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada * Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Human names * Carleton (surname) * Baron Carleton * Carleton (given name) Places Canada Ontario * Carleton (Ontario federal electoral district) (1867–1966, 2015–present) * Carleton (Ontario provincial electoral district) (1867–1995, 2018–present) * Carleton County, Ontario (historic) * Carleton Place, Ontario * West Carleton Township, Ontario * Carleton Ward of Ottawa, AKA College Ward New Brunswick * Carleton, New Brunswick, now part of Saint John * Carleton Parish, New Brunswick, in Kent County * Carleton (New Brunswick federal electoral district) (1867–1914) * Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1834–1974) * Carleton (New Brunswick provincia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria-Tobique
Victoria-Tobique was a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. This riding was created in New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973, the 1973 redistribution when New Brunswick moved to FPTP, single member districts. It had previously been part of the Victoria (New Brunswick provincial electoral district), Victoria district which returned two members. The riding, which was not changed in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1994, 1994 redistribution, is made up of the English Canadian, anglophone parts of Victoria County which are primarily along the Tobique River. It includes three incorporated municipality, municipalities: Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, New Brunswick, Plaster Rock and Aroostook, New Brunswick, Aroostook as well as the Tobique First Nation Indian reserve. In New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2006, 2006, it a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 New Brunswick General Election
The 1995 New Brunswick general election was held on September 11, 1995, to elect the 55 members of the 53rd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly. The Liberals won their third consecutive majority government, with Premier McKenna's personal popularity aiding the Liberals in retaining a large majority. The PCs managed only 6 seats, while the CoR lost all theirs. The combined PC-CoR vote exceeded that of the Liberals in an additional 10 ridings (Albert, Fundy Isles, Kings East, Mactaquac, Petitcodiac, Saint John-Fundy, Southwest Miramichi, Victoria-Tobique, Western Charlotte and Woodstock). Background The election marked the debut of Bernard Valcourt as a provincial politician, and as leader of a reinvigorated Progressive Conservative Party. A popular politician from Edmundston, Valcourt had served as an MP from 1984 to 1993, serving in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell. The New Brunswick PCs had been in the political wilderness for the bett ... [...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 in late 1991, which completed its report in 1993. The report was then referred to the provincial legislature which made changes, including the addition of a district and several boundary and name changes. The changes to districts were proclaimed into law in 1994. Largely unchanged districts Merged districts New districts {{DEFAULTSORT:New Brunswick Electoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
