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Mactaquac (electoral District)
York North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first created in the 1973 out of the old two member district of York by taking those parts of York County outside the city of Fredericton and north of the Saint John River. The districts boundaries were significantly altered in 1994 — losing the villages of Nackawic, Millville and surrounding communities — and its name was changed to Mactaquac as a result. In 2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ..., its boundaries were restored to nearly its original configuration and though the Electoral Boundaries Commission did not recommend a name change, the legislature later decided to revert it to its original name as well. Members of the Legislative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Electoral Redistribution, 1973
The 1973 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was the most radical redistricting, 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 Plurality-at-large voting, bloc voting electoral system to first past the post. As the number of members per district had been re-evaluated as recently as New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 1967, 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 Plurality block voting, Block voting system in use though denied voters the proportional representation that they might otherwise have enjoyed.Wikipedia: Electoral district (Canada) Transitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millville, New Brunswick
Millville is a former village in York County, New Brunswick, York County, New Brunswick, Canada. It held village status prior to 2023 and is now part of the rural community of Nackawic-Millville. It is at the intersection of New Brunswick Route 104, Route 104 and New Brunswick Route 605, Route 605. Situated on the Nackawic River approximately 58.16 kilometers northwest of Fredericton, Millville has one combination convenience store and gas station both have now been closed, as well as a volunteer fire department and several churches and post office. The village is famous for having the World's Largest Artificial Maple Leaf. The community is served by the Millville Fire Department, consisting of approximately 18 volunteer firefighters. History Millville was established about 1860 as a New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company settlement. A post office was established in 1866. In 1898, Millville was a station on the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was incorporated as a village in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bishop (Canadian Politician)
Adelbert David Bishop (March 15, 1942 – July 8, 2017) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Legislature, in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The assembly's seat is located in Fredericton. It was established in Saint John ''de jure'' ... from 1974 to 1987, as a Progressive Conservative member for the constituency of York North. He died in 2017. Davidson’s Funeral Services References 1942 births 2017 deaths[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert B
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Hargrove
Gregory James Hargrove (born March 4, 1959) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He led the New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party from 1995-1999. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1959, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1991 election along with seven other members of CoR. He defeated incumbent Liberal Robert Simpson in the riding of York North, who had been elected as the first Liberal in the riding since 1953, in the 1987 Liberal sweep. The CoR party went through numerous leadership disputes, and Hargrove eventually became the leader in July 1995 shortly before that year's election. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in the riding of Mactaquac, placing a strong third place. The CoR party failed to win any seats in the legislature in the 1995 election. Hargrove attempted to re-enter the House in a 1997 by-election in Tantramar, but finished a distant fourth of four candidates, getting only 2.5% of the vote, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Olmstead
David Olmstead is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1995 and defeated for re-election by Kirk MacDonald in 1999. He represented the electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ... of Mactaquac. References New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs People from York County, New Brunswick Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick {{LiberalAssociation-NewBrunswick-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk MacDonald (politician)
Kirk Douglas MacDonald is a former politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Born in Stanley, New Brunswick, he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1997. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1999 and re-elected in 2003, 2006 and 2010 and 2014. He represented the electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ... of Fredericton-York and was a member of the cabinet as Minister of Business New Brunswick in 2006. He lost re-election in the 2018 election. References Kirk MacDonald, MLA {{DEFAULTSORT:Macdonald, Kirk University of New Brunswick alumni Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs People ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredericton-York
Fredericton-York is a provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was first contested in the 2014 New Brunswick general election, 2014 general election, having been created in the New Brunswick electoral redistribution, 2013, 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries from portions of the former districts of Fredericton-Nashwaaksis and York North (New Brunswick provincial electoral district), York North. The district includes a band of the Fredericton, City of Fredericton along its northern and northwesternmost edges as well as surrounding parts of York County, including Douglas, New Brunswick, Douglas, Nashwaak, New Brunswick, Nashwaak and the Nashwaak River, Nashwaak River Valley. It was initially to be named Fredericton-Stanley but its name was revised to Fredericton-York in the commission's amended final report. Members of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carleton-York
Carleton-York is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested for the first time in the 2014 general election. It was created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries. The district draws its population from the northwestern parts of York County and southern parts of Carleton County, the boundaries commission proposed it be named "York" which might have been confused with its immediate predecessor of the same name which was based in southwestern York County. The two districts share only about 12% of population in common. Accordingly, a committee of the legislative assembly changed the name to Carleton-York before the district could be contested. The new district includes all of Carleton County south of the Town of Woodstock, and northwestern parts of York County including Nackawic-Millville, Lakeland Ridges Lakeland Ridges is a village municipality in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The jur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Electoral Redistribution, 2006
The 2006 New Brunswick electoral redistribution was undertaken as a result of legislation introduced by Bernard Lord, the Premier of New Brunswick, Canada, on June 9, 2005. The legislation establishes a statutory requirement for redistricting, redistribution of electoral district (Canada), electoral districts after every decennial Statistics Canada, Canadian census. The redistribution process set out in the legislation took approximately six months to complete, and was overseen by an independent commission. The bill introduced by the government would have required that 55 Riding (division), ridings be maintained with populations varying between 75% and 110% of 1/55 of the provincial population. The parliamentary opposition, Opposition New Brunswick Liberal Association, Liberals expressed a desire for the commission to have greater flexibility either in the variance of the average population or in the number of districts. On June 30, 2005, an agreement was reached and the bill was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nackawic, New Brunswick
Nackawic is a former town in New Brunswick, Canada. It held town status prior to 2023 and is now part of the rural community of Nackawic-Millville. It is approximately 65 km west of the city of Fredericton on the east bank of the Saint John River. Nackawic, from the Malecite Nelgwaweegek, "straight stream", possibly in reference to how the mouth faces the Saint-John River. History The area was first settled in 1784 by the United Empire Loyalists, primarily through land grants to the families of soldiers who had fought with His Majesty's Regiment of Queen's Rangers during the American Revolutionary War. Previously known as Otis, the development of town began in the late 1960s and was built so those forced to relocate as a result of the Mactaquac Dam being constructed would have a place to reside. Construction of the pulp mill, built to employ these displaced persons who lost their traditional farming opportunities that came with the dam, occurred between 1967 and 1970. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Brunswick Electoral Redistribution, 2013
The 2013 New Brunswick electoral redistribution 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 redistricting, redistribution of electoral district (Canada), electoral districts after every second List of post-confederation New Brunswick general elections, 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 New Brunswick general election, 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 Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
