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Charlotte (electoral district)

New Brunswick Southwest
New Brunswick electoral district
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New Brunswick Southwest in relation to other New Brunswick federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
Karen Ludwig
Liberal
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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