Portland-Simonds is a

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electoral district for the

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, 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 Saint John East (french: Saint-Jean-Est) is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. The riding was created in the 1973 redistribution and was called East Saint John. The riding was created from ...

; 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. The riding name refers to

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

and Simonds Parish in

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Portland-Simonds

Saint John Portland

References

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
New Brunswick provincial electoral districts Politics of Saint John, New Brunswick {{Canada-constituency-stub