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| Argyle MLA Chris d'Entremont |
The province's Electoral Boundaries Commission is out with its much-anticipated report. Its recommending the province's four designated minority riding's; Argyle, Clare, Richmond and Preston should be merged with other constituencies. On the South Shore, the commission is proposing to re-draw boundary lines to create two new riding's called Queens-Shelburne and Argyle-Barrington. The riding of Lunenburg will remain the same, while Chester-St. Margaret's will see minor changes by losing residents of Upper Tantallon to a riding closer to HRM. The riding of Lunenburg West will expand westward to gain the remainder of Lunenburg County from Queens. If the changes are approved, the current Argyle PC MLA Chris d'Entremont will become the representative of a new Argyle-Barrington riding. He says losing the minority riding's will see many Francophone issues overtaken by majority Anglophone issues.
The commission is also recommending the addition of two riding's in the Halifax area to reflect the region's
growing population. In total, it is recommencing there should be 51 members in the House of Assembly instead of the current 52.
