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Old Posted Aug 28, 2012, 8:01 PM
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Originally Posted by caltrane74 View Post
Toronto-GTA is getting 11 new ridings!

Nice.
Meanwhile NB is left with only 10 ridings for the whole province!

Locally, because of population growth in greater Moncton, the city of Dieppe is being hived off and given to the riding of Beausejour. The Moncton riding will be renamed from Moncton/Dieppe/Riverview to just Moncton/Riverview.

This is causing some consternation to the francophone population in Moncton, because suddenly their represention in the riding will fall from about 30% to less than 20%.

Curiously, about 1/3 of Riverview will be included in a riding that extends the length of Albert County to also include Quispamsis (which is in suburban Saint John). This riding will be truly schizophrenic!!!
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