New Brunswick's federal boundaries commission has accepted a number of objections to its final report from MPs.
The commission's map, tabled Monday in the House of Commons, includes tweaks sought by MPs and supported by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
►Robert Goguen (Conservative / Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe) objected to transferring about 6,100 people north of the Trans-Canada Highway from his riding to Beauséjour. He received in-committee support from Liberal House Leader Dominic LeBlanc, who represents the neighbouring riding.
►Mike Allen (Conservative / Tobique--Mactaquac) wanted the villages of Canterbury and Meductic and the parishes of North Lake and Canterbury kept in his riding, rather than being moved to New Brunswick Southwest.
Allen also wanted the name Tobique--Mactaquac maintained instead of the proposed title of Tobique--Saint John River Valley.
►Tilly O'Neil-Gordon (Conservative / Miramichi) wanted her riding's name changed to Miramichi--Grand Lake to reflect the addition of new communities.
A population shift to major urban centres led the provincial boundary commission to recommend transferring some communities to more rural ridings in the name of population balance.
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The last census defined the provincial population at 751,171. Each of New Brunswick's 10 ridings is expected to be "as close as reasonably possible" to 75,117, though a 25-per-cent variance is allowed in either direction when there are "extraordinary circumstances."
The boundary commission can consider MPs' recommendations for 30 calendar days, but holds the final say in providing an updated map based on the 2011 census.
Newfoundland and Labrador's commission accepted two objections from Members of Parliament in its final map submitted last month.
New Democrat MPs Ryan Cleary and Jack Harris opposed moving the Signal Hill and Battery areas from St. John's South--Mount Pearl to St. John's East.
And Liberal MP Scott Simms lobbied for the proposed riding of Bay d'Espoir-Central-Notre Dame to be renamed Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame.
Meanwhile, maps for Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island were sent to the Speaker and Elections Canada without any objections from MPs.
-Andrew Thomson
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