 New Brunswick electoral district | |||
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.png) The riding of Portland-Simonds (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other electoral districts in Greater Saint John. | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA | |||
| District created | 1994 | ||
| First contested | 1995 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 17,032[1] | ||
| Electors (2013) | 11,175[1] | ||
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.
- ^ a b "Final Report" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries & Representation Commission. April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013.
- ^ "Names of three electoral districts changed". June 19, 2014.