Legislature House of Commons First contested 1968 District webpage profile, map Elector 70,357 | District created 1966 Last contested 2015 Province New Brunswick | |
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MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Liberal Census divisions Dieppe, Moncton, Riverview | ||
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe (formerly known as Moncton) is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.
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Geography
The riding includes the entire city of Moncton and most of the town of Riverview and the city of Dieppe excluding the north east section, i.e., Melanson Road and up to the city limits.
The neighbouring ridings are Beauséjour and Fundy Royal.
Demographics
According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representationEthnic groups: 93.4% White, 2.0% Aboriginal, 1.6% Black
Languages: 63.6% English, 34.9% French
Religions: 78.3% Christian (47.8% Catholic, 8.9% Baptist, 7.9% United Church, 4.9% Anglican, 8.8% Other), 19.7% No religion
Median income (2010): $28,162
Average income (2010): $35,584
History
The riding of Moncton was created in 1966 when the district of Westmorland was split. The other riding is now called Beausejour. The riding's initial area consisted of the city of Moncton and town of Dieppe, two parishes in Westmorland County (Moncton and Salisbury), and the Parish of Coverdale in Albert County.
As the Moncton area grew in population, the riding shrank. The area of Albert County outside the town of Riverview was removed in 1976, a large area north of Moncton was removed in 1987, and the Petitcodiac and Salisbury areas were removed in 1997, to the point where the riding no longer has any largely rural areas. In 1998, Riverview and Dieppe were added to the riding's name.
Moncton has elected some well-known and controversial Members of Parliament. Former mayor Leonard Jones, who took a tough stance against French language education, won the Progressive Conservative Party nomination for the 1974 election, but party leader Robert Stanfield refused to sign his nomination papers because of Jones' opposition to party policy on Official bilingualism. Jones ran and won as an independent candidate.
Dennis Cochrane, later the leader of the New Brunswick PC Party, represented the city for one term in the 1980s, and Conservative, Robert Goguen, is the riding's current representative in the House of Commons.
As per the 2012 federal electoral redistribution, this riding will lose 8% of its territory to Beauséjour.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, 2013 Representation Order
This riding lost territory to Beauséjour for the 42nd Canadian federal election.
Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, 1996 Representation Order
Change for the Canadian Alliance are based on the 1997 results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.