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The 1994 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the first re-alignment of electoral districts in New Brunswick, Canada, since 1973. Under this redistribution, several districts were changed significantly due to considerable population shifts from the northern part of the province to the south. The total number of districts was reduced from 58 to 55. Due to considerable population shifts over the course of two decades, some ridings were merged, while others were split in two, and some were unchanged.
The draft recommendations of new districts was created by a royal commission appointed by Premier Frank McKenna in late 1991, which completed its report in 1993. The report was then referred to the provincial legislature which made changes, including the addition of a district and several boundary and name changes. The changes to districts were proclaimed into law in 1994.
Largely unchanged districts
| 1994 district | Changes from 1973 |
|---|---|
| Albert | Added a small portion of the town of Riverview |
| Bathurst | unchanged |
| Campbellton | Added a small portion of the old Dalhousie district |
| Caraquet | Lost territory to the new Centre-Péninsule district |
| Dieppe-Memramcook | Renamed from Memramcook to reflect the growth of Dieppe which is with its boundaries; lost small amount of territory to Tantramar while gaining approximately equal amount from Petitcodiac |
| Edmundston | Adds small portion of the old Madawaska Centre district |
| Fredericton North | territory east of the Nashwaak River ceded to Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak |
| Fredericton South | Added large portion of old York South district while losing a small amount of territory to the new Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak district |
| Grand Falls Region | The old Grand Falls district + small portions of Madawaska County |
| Kent South | Loses small amount of territory to the new Kent district while gaining an approximately equal amount from both Petitcodiac and the old Shediac district |
| Kings East | Loses territory to Petitcodiac |
| Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou | The old district Shippagan-les-Isles loses some territory to the new Centre-Péninsule district and is renamed to reflect all of the large communities in the riding |
| Mactaquac | The old York North district less some small amounts of territory, renamed to reflect the fact that the community within the riding has adopted the name "Mactaquac" based on its proximity to the Mactaquac Dam |
| Madawaska-les-Lacs | Gained small amounts of Madawaska Centre |
| Miramichi Bay | unchanged |
| Miramichi Centre | The old district of Miramichi-Newcastle, renamed to reflect the merger of Newcastle into the new city of Miramichi |
| Moncton East | Added small parts from neighbouring ridings while losing a small part to the new Moncton South district |
| Moncton North | unchanged |
| Moncton South | Most of the old Moncton West with small parts from Moncton East |
| Nepisiguit | Old district of Nepisiguit-Chaleur less small amounts of territory ceded to Nigadoo-Chaleur along the Bay of Chaleur plus equal parts of Nigadoo-Chaleur |
| Nigadoo-Chaleur | Small amounts of territory added from Nepisiguit-Chaleur and Restigouche East; while some territory shifts to the new Nepisiguit district |
| Oromocto-Gagetown | Renamed from Oromocto to reflect the importance of CFB Gagetown and added small amounts of territory from Queens South |
| Petitcodiac | Loses that part of the city of Moncton that had been in its boundaries and gains small portions of Kings East |
| Restigouche West | unchanged save those (unpopulated) parts of Mount Carleton Provincial Park that were not in its boundaries |
| Riverview | Cedes a small portion of territory to Albert |
| Saint John Champlain | The old district of East Saint John plus small parts of Saint John Park and Saint John-Fundy; renamed to reflect the new naming scheme used for Saint John districts |
| Saint John Lancaster | Most of the old district of Saint John West with small parts of the old Saint John Harbour |
| Saint John-Fundy | Lost small amounts of territory to Saint John-Kings and Saint John Champlain |
| Shediac-Cap-Pelé | Renamed to reflect that the riding encompasses much more than just the town of Shediac while losing some territory to Kent South |
| Southwest Miramichi | Gained small amounts of territory from York North and Bay du Vin |
| Tantramar | Essentially unchanged added one poll each from two neighbouring ridings |
| Tracadie-Sheila | Renamed to reflect the amalgamation of Tracadie and Sheila; lost some territory to the new Centre-Péninsule district |
| Victoria-Tobique | unchanged |
| Woodstock | The old Carleton South district plus parts of Carleton Centre and York South. |
| York | Those parts of York South not shifted to other districts with small parts of York North |
Merged districts
| 1994 district | Created from |
|---|---|
| Carleton | Merger of all of Carleton North and most of Carleton Centre some of which went to Woodstock |
| Charlotte | Created from a merger of most of Charlotte Centre and the mainland from Charlotte-Fundy with small parts of Saint John West |
| Dalhousie-Restigouche East | Full merger of Dalhousie and Restigouche East save for a few polls from each that went to adjacent ridings |
| Kent | All of Kent Centre merge with most of Kent North and portions of Kent South |
| Madawaska-la-Vallée | Merger of Madawaska Centre and Madawaska South save for small parts ceded to other districts |
| Miramichi-Bay du Vin | Merger of Chatham and approximately half of Bay du Vin |
| Saint John Harbour | Merger of the old Saint John Harbour riding and the Saint John South riding; the name is a misnomer in that half of the old district of Saint John Harbour went to the new district of Saint John Lancaster while this includes the whole of the old Saint John South riding |
| Saint John Portland | Merger of Saint John North and most of Saint John Park |
| Western Charlotte | Merger of St. Stephen-Milltown and Charlotte West save for the island of Campobello which goes to the new district Fundy Isles |
New districts
| New district | Boundary explanation |
|---|---|
| Centre-Péninsule | Created from pieces of Caraquet, Shippagan-les-Îles, Tracadie and Nepisiguit-Chaleur |
| Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak | Created from parts of Fredericton North and Fredericton South |
| Fundy Isles | This new riding, far smaller than the provincial average in population, consists of the three populated islands of the Bay of Fundy taking one each from old Charlotte County districts |
| Grand Bay-Westfield | Created from parts of Kings Centre, Queens South and Saint John West in and around the town of Grand Bay-Westfield |
| Grand Lake | Created from all of the riding of Queens North plus parts of Sunbury and Queens South |
| Hampton-Belleisle | Created from parts of Kings Centre and Kings West |
| Kennebecasis | The old Kings West riding less territory moved to Hampton-Belleisle and to Saint John-Kings and renamed to a more specific and commonly understood name |
| Moncton Crescent | Created from most of the Petitcodiac riding that was within and around the city of Moncton plus several polls from neighbouring ridings |
| New Maryland | Created from large parts of Sunbury and York South with small parts of Queens South and Charlotte-Fundy |
| Rogersville-Kouchibouguac | Created from parts of Kent North and Bay du Vin |
| Saint John-Kings | Created from much of Kings West and small parts of the city of Saint John from the districts of Saint John-Fundy and East Saint John |
| Preceded by 1973 |
New Brunswick electoral redistributions | Succeeded by 2006 |