The 1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the most radical 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 bloc voting electoral system to first past the post.

As the number of members per district had been re-evaluated as recently as 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 Block voting system in use though denied voters the proportional representation that they might otherwise have enjoyed.

Transition of districts

{| class="wikitable"

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!Former electoral district

!New electoral districts

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|Albert

|Albert; Riverview

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|Bathurst

|unchanged

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|Campbellton

|unchanged

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|Carleton

|Carleton Centre; Carleton North; Carleton South

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|Charlotte

|Charlotte Centre; Charlotte-Fundy; Charlotte West; St. Stephen-Milltown

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|Edmundston

|unchanged

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|Fredericton

|Fredericton North; Fredericton South

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|Gloucester

|Caraquet; Nepisiguit-Chaleur; Nigadoo-Chaleur; Shippagan-les-Îles; Tracadie

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|Kent

|Kent Centre; Kent North; Kent South

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|Kings

|Kings Centre; Kings East; Kings West

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|Madawaska

|Madawaska Centre; Madawaska-les-Lacs; Madawaska South

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|Moncton

|Moncton East; Moncton North; Moncton West

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|Northumberland

|Bay du Vin; Chatham; Miramichi Bay; Miramichi-Newcastle; Southwest Miramichi

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|Queens

|Queens North; Queens South

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|Restigouche

|Dalhousie; Restigouche East; Restigouche West

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|Saint John Centre

|Saint John Harbour; Saint John North; Saint John Park; Saint John South

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|Saint John East

|East Saint John; Saint John-Fundy

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|Saint John West

|unchanged

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|Sunbury

|Oromocto; Sunbury

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|Victoria

|Grand Falls; Victoria-Tobique

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|Westmorland

|Memramcook; Petitcodiac; Shediac; Tantramar

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|York

|York North; York South

|}

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
  • Edmundston
  • Fredericton North
  • Fredericton South
  • Grand Falls
  • Kent Centre
  • Kent North
  • Kent South
  • Kings Centre
  • Kings East
  • Kings West
  • Madawaska Centre
  • Madawaska-les-Lacs
  • Madawaska South
  • Memramcook
  • Miramichi Bay
  • Miramichi-Newcastle
  • Moncton East
  • Moncton North
  • Moncton West
  • Nepisiguit-Chaleur
  • Nigadoo-Chaleur
  • Oromocto
  • Petitcodiac
  • Queens North
  • Queens South
  • Restigouche East
  • Restigouche West
  • Riverview
  • Saint John-Fundy
  • Saint John Harbour
  • Saint John North
  • Saint John Park
  • Saint John South
  • Saint John West
  • St. Stephen-Milltown
  • Shediac
  • Shippagan-les-Îles
  • Southwest Miramichi
  • Sunbury
  • Tantramar
  • Tracadie
  • Victoria-Tobique
  • York North
  • York South

References