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| Zach Churchill |
The province's Electoral Boundaries Commission is out with its report. Its recommending the province's four designated minority ridings ... 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 ridings 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. The only riding in the region that hasn't been affected is Yarmouth where Liberal MLA Zach Churchill is happy on one hand but saddened by what he calls, the loss of minority rights in the province.
The commission is also recommending the addition of two ridings 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.
