Saint John Portland-Simonds Explained

Saint John Portland-Simonds
Province:New Brunswick
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1994
Prov-Election-First:1995
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Prov-Rep:John Dornan
Prov-Rep-Party:Liberal
Demo-Census-Date:2011
Demo-Pop:17032[1]
Demo-Electors:11175
Demo-Electors-Date:2013

Saint John Portland-Simonds is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was originally created for the 1995 provincial election as Saint John Portland and its boundaries were altered slightly in 2006. It in the 2013 redrawing of boundaries its boundaries were moved significantly southward into territory previously part of Saint John East; though the boundaries commission did not recommend a name change, a committee of the legislative assembly later voted to change the name to Portland-Simonds.[2] The riding name refers to Portland and Simonds Parish in Saint John County.

The riding was renamed Saint John Portland-Simonds following the 2023 redistribution.

Election results

Saint John Portland-Simonds

2020 provincial election redistributed results[3]
Party%
 54.8
 28.6
 8.6
 5.2
 2.7
 Independents 0.1

Saint John Portland

External links

45.311°N -66.06°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Final Report . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005155101/http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf . October 5, 2013 . dead . Electoral Boundaries & Representation Commission . April 2013.
  2. Web site: Names of three electoral districts changed. June 19, 2014 .
  3. Web site: Saint John Portland-Simonds . 338Canada . 9 October 2024.