New Brunswick Southwest
 New Brunswick electoral district
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New Brunswick Southwest in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
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| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Liberal |
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| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2015 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 66,197 | ||
| Electors (2015) | 51,004 | ||
| Area (km²) | 10,770 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 6.1 | ||
| Census divisions | Charlotte, Kings, Queens, Sunbury, York | ||
| Census subdivisions | Grand Bay–Westfield, St. George, St. Stephen, Kingsclear, Studholm | ||
New Brunswick Southwest (French: Nouveau-Brunswick-Sud-Ouest; formerly known as Charlotte and St. Croix—Belleisle) is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 63,232.
As the name implies, the district comprises the southwestern portion of New Brunswick. It includes all of Charlotte County and portions of York, Sunbury, Queens, Kings and Saint John Counties.
Major towns include St. Stephen, St. Andrews, St. George, Grand Bay–Westfield, McAdam, Harvey Station, Fredericton Junction, Gagetown, and the Kingsclear and Hanwell regions near Fredericton.
The neighbouring ridings are Tobique—Mactaquac, Fredericton, Fundy Royal, and Saint John.
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