Tuesday, October 9, 2012

You Can Have Your Say On Shape Of Provincial Ridings

By the time the next provincial election rolls around, the ridings in New Brunswick will not look the same as they do now. 

Their number is being reduced from 55 to 49 but how they will look remains to be seen. The Electoral Boundaries Commission is going around the province to hear what people would like to see. 

The Commission's Alan Maher tells CHSJ News not everyone is going to be happy with the final product but the status quo is not an option.


Maher, a former provincial finance minister under then Premier Frank McKenna, says ideally each riding would be comprised of 11,269 voters but he concedes that won;t be happening either.

The Commission will be holding a hearing in St. Andrews this afternoon at the Huntsman Marine Science Centre from 1 to 4 and then tonight at the Hampton Inn on the east side from 7 to 10.