The 1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the most radical redistribution of electoral districts in the history of

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. 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 bloc voting

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. As the number of members per district had been re-evaluated as recently as

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, 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

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system in use though denied voters the proportional representation that they might otherwise have enjoyed.Wikipedia: Electoral district (Canada)

Transition of districts

List of electoral districts

(each district returns one member) * Albert * Bathurst * Bay du Vin * Campbellton * Caraquet * Carleton Centre * Carleton North * Carleton South * Charlotte Centre * Charlotte-Fundy * Charlotte West * Chatham * Dalhousie * East Saint John *

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* Fredericton South * Grand Falls * Kent Centre * Kent North * Kent South * Kings Centre * Kings East * Kings West * Madawaska Centre * Madawaska-les-Lacs * Madawaska South * Memramcook *

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* Miramichi-Newcastle * Moncton East *

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* Moncton West * Nepisiguit-Chaleur * Nigadoo-Chaleur * Oromocto * Petitcodiac * Queens North * Queens South * Restigouche East *

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* Riverview * Saint John-Fundy * Saint John Harbour * Saint John North * Saint John Park * Saint John South *

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* St. Stephen-Milltown * Shediac * Shippagan-les-Îles * Southwest Miramichi * Sunbury * Tantramar * Tracadie * Victoria-Tobique *

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* York South

References

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