New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2013
The New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 2013 was undertaken through the process set out in the Electoral Boundaries and Representation Act of New Brunswick, Canada. The legislation establishes a statutory requirement for redistribution of electoral districts after every second New Brunswick general election.
A commission was struck to draw 49 electoral districts, a decrease from 55 districts, which will first be used in the 2014 provincial election. The 49 boundaries will have to be within the range of 95% to 105% of the 1/49th of the number of registered voters in the province except in "extraordinary circumstances".
Under the legislation, the commission will be chaired by one anglophone and one francophone and consist of 3 to 5 other commissioners, all of whom must be New Brunswick residents.
Legislative changes
The Electoral Boundaries and Representation Act of 2005 set out for a redistribution of 55 ridings after every decennial census with ridings within plus or minus 10% of 1/55th of the population. In Fall 2012, the legislation was amended to reduce the number of ridings to 49, shift away from census-based population numbers to the number of registered voters, and to make the process occur after every second election rather than after each census.Commission
The commission was appointed on August 28, 2012 following the unanimous recommendation of a committee of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. Its members are:- Co-chair: Annise Hollies, former chief electoral officer of New Brunswick
- Co-Chair: Allan Maher, former member of the legislative assembly
- Member: Conde Grondin, retired professor of political science
- Member: Sue Murray, executive director of Atlantic Provinces Medical Peer Review
- Member: Jean-Guy Rioux, retired teacher and past-president of La Federation des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada
- Member: James Stanley, a lawyer involved with the labour movement
Public hearings
New boundaries
The commission released a draft map on January 17, 2013 which was open to changes following public consultations held from February 17 to March 6, 2013. Thereafter, the Commission prepared a final map, released on April 25. The Commission drew mostly completely new ridings. They said that because they had to reduce the number of ridings by about 10%, the tinkering that had been undertaken by previous boundaries commissions was not possible:The 49 ridings proposed in January were altered only slightly in the final map released on April 25. The final map was reviewed again by the Commission after 23 appeals were filed backed by members of the legislature. The Commission adopted two name changes, and one minor boundary change affecting 35 voters as a result of the appeals.
New districts
These districts are almost entirely new, not reflecting any one former district or a merger of the majority of two previous districts.Merged districts
These districts are a result of a merger of large parts of two previous districts.Largely unchanged districts
These districts underwent only minor changes.Former districts
The Commission was mandated with the creation of 49 districts, where 55 had existed before. The Commission stated this required recreating a map from scratch, though by coincidence, not design, some new districts resembled preceding districts. The old districts transposed into the new districts as follows.Largely intact districts
In these districts, 70% or more of their polling stations continued into a new district.| Name of former district | Successor district* |
| Albert | Albert ; Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins |
| Caraquet | Caraquet ; Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore |
| Charlotte-Campobello | Charlotte-Campobello |
| Charlotte-The Isles | Charlotte-The Isles ; Charlotte-Campobello |
| Edmundston-Saint-Basile | Edmundston-Madawaska Centre ; Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston |
| Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André | Victoria-la-Vallée |
| Kent | Kent South ; Kent North |
| Kings East | Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins ; Gagetown-Petitcodiac ; Kings Centre |
| Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou | Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou |
| Madawaska-les-Lacs | Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston |
| Miramichi Bay-Neguac | Miramichi Bay-Neguac ; Tracadie-Sheila |
| Moncton West | Moncton South ; Moncton Southwest |
| New Maryland-Sunbury West | New Maryland-Sunbury |
| Nigadoo-Chaleur | Restigouche-Chaleur ; Bathurst West-Beresford |
| Quispamsis | Quispamsis ; Hampton |
| Riverview | Riverview ; Albert |
| Rogersville-Kouchibouguac | Kent North |
| Rothesay | Rothesay ; Hampton ; Saint John Portland |
| Saint John Harbour | Saint John Harbour ; Saint John Portland |
| Saint John Lancaster | Saint John Lancaster |
| Saint John Portland | Saint John Portland ; Saint John Harbour |
| Shediac-Cap-Pelé | Shediac-Beaubassin-Cap-Pelé ; Shediac Bay-Dieppe |
| Southwest Miramichi | Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin ; Miramichi Bay-Neguac |
| Tantramar | Memramcook-Tantramar |
| Tracadie-Sheila | Tracadie-Sheila |
| Victoria-Tobique | Carleton-Victoria ; Victoria-la-Vallée |
Split districts
These districts were split more or less in two.| Name of former district | Successor district* |
| Bathurst | Bathurst West-Beresford ; Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore |
| Campbellton-Restigouche Centre | Campbellton-Dalhousie ; Restigouche West |
| Carleton | Carleton-Victoria ; Carleton |
| Fredericton-Lincoln | Oromocto-Lincoln ; Fredericton South ; New Maryland-Sunbury |
| Fredericton-Nashwaaksis | Fredericton North ; Fredericton-York |
| Fredericton-Silverwood | Fredericton South ; Fredericton West-Hanwell ; New Maryland-Sunbury |
| Fundy-River Valley | Kings Centre ; Charlotte-The Isles ; Saint John Lancaster |
| Grand Lake-Gagetown | Fredericton-Grand Lake ; Gagetown-Petitcodiac |
| Miramichi-Bay du Vin | Miramichi ; Southwest Miramichi-Bay du Vin |
| Miramichi Centre | Miramichi ; Miramichi Bay-Neguac |
| Moncton North | Moncton Southwest ; Moncton Centre |
| Woodstock | Carleton ; York |
| York North | York ; Fredericton-York |
Dispersed districts
These districts were abolished with their parts being widely spread across several new districts.| Name of former district | Successor district* |
| Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur | Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore ; Caraquet ; Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou ; Tracadie-Sheila |
| Dalhousie-Restigouche East | Campbellton-Dalhousie ; Restigouche West ; Restigouche-Chaleur |
| Dieppe Centre-Lewisville | Dieppe ; Shediac Bay-Dieppe ; Moncton East |
| Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak | Fredericton-Grand Lake ; Fredericton North ; Fredericton-York |
| Hampton-Kings | Hampton ; Kings Centre ; Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins ; Gagetown-Petitcodiac |
| Kent South | Kent South ; Shediac Bay-Dieppe ; Moncton East |
| Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe | Memramcook-Tantramar ; Dieppe ; Moncton East ; Shediac Bay-Dieppe |
| Moncton Crescent | Moncton Northwest ; Moncton East ; Moncton Southwest ; Moncton South |
| Moncton East | Moncton Centre ; Moncton East ; Moncton South |
| Nepisiguit | Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore ; Restigouche-Chaleur ; Bathurst West-Beresford |
| Oromocto | Oromocto-Lincoln ; New Maryland-Sunbury ; Gagetown-Petitcodiac |
| Petitcodiac | Gagetown-Petitcodiac ; Moncton Southwest ; Albert ; Moncton East ; Moncton Northwest |
| Restigouche-La-Vallée | Restigouche West ; Edmundston-Madawaska Centre ; Victoria-la-Vallée ; Madawaska-les-Lacs-Edmundston |
| Saint John East | Saint John East ; Saint John Portland ; Hampton |
| Saint John-Fundy | Saint John East ; Rothesay ; Hampton ; Sussex-Fundy-St. Martins |
| York | Fredericton West-Hanwell ; Charlotte-Campobello ; York |