The 1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the most radical redistribution of

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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) *

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* Bathurst * Bay du Vin * Campbellton *

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* Dalhousie *

East Saint John Saint John East (french: Saint-Jean-Est) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The riding was created in the 1973 redistribution and was called East Saint John. The riding was created from ...

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Fredericton North Fredericton North (french: Fredericton-Nord) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada from 1973 to 2006, and was contested again in the 2014 New Brunswick general election. It was split between ...

* Fredericton South * Grand Falls *

Kent Centre Kent Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Kent (1827-1974 electoral district), Kent in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1973, 1973 electoral redistribution, and wa ...

* Kent North *

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* Madawaska-les-Lacs *

Madawaska South Madawaska South was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Madawaska in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution. Members of the Legislati ...

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* Miramichi-Newcastle *

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* Nigadoo-Chaleur *

Oromocto "Effort Brings Success" , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_flag = Oromotco NB flag.png , image_shield = Oromocto NB coat of arms.jpg , image_map = , map_caption = , ...

* Petitcodiac *

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* Restigouche East *

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* Riverview * Saint John-Fundy *

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* Saint John Park *

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* Saint John West * St. Stephen-Milltown *

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* Shippagan-les-Îles *

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* Sunbury * Tantramar * Tracadie *

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