Saint John Portland-Simonds

Saint John Portland-Simonds
New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Saint John Portland-Simonds (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA
 
 
 
John Dornan
Liberal
District created1994
First contested1995
Last contested2020
Demographics
Population (2011)17,032[1]
Electors (2013)11,175[1]

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.

Saint John Portland-Simonds (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding
  1. ^ a b "Final Report" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries & Representation Commission. April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Names of three electoral districts changed". June 19, 2014.