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| Established | October 25, 1993 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Modified | Campari_007 November 13, 2020 04:50pm |
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This riding is in the province's northeast corner, bordered to the north by Baie des Chaleurs and in the east by the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It includes the Acadian Peninsula and the land along Chaleur Bay and the gulf. Major communities are Bathurst, Beresford, Caraquet, Shippagan, Tracadie-Sheila, Petit-Rocher and Lamèque Island.
More than 84 per cent of the residents here are francophone – the highest proportion of any riding outside Québec. Fewer than one per cent of residents are immigrants. The average family income is $46,400, and unemployment stands at 16.5 per cent.
In 1996, about a quarter of the old Restigouche-Chaleur riding was added to Acadie-Bathurst. In the 2004 redistribution, about eight per cent of the riding was carved away, but a court challenge and review by the Electoral Boundaries Commission restored the boundaries set in 1996.
Population: 82,929
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