Talk:Administrative divisions of New Brunswick

Article arrangement suggestions[edit]

The lede should be limited to the current setup, then a mention of upcoming reforms.

Current setup section, with wikilinks to the municipality, LSD, RSC articles.

Proposed reforms section. These don't actually take effect until 1 January 2023 (white paper, p. 34), even though elections will take place in November 2022.

History section, though a source that more accurately describes the 1966 reforms needs found - there were villages before 1966 along with the various bodies that were converted to villages. County and Parish wikilinks here; the parish article already has information on the limited use they're still put to by the government.

Maybe a short (sub)section on the history of reform efforts. There were some helpful newspaper articles about 10-15 years ago. G. Timothy Walton (talk) 04:26, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

1967 - The bodies that became the new villages were already incorporated as a variety of bodies - commissions, local improvement districts, the township of McAdam, and the village of Port Elgin; one of the appendices of the Municipalities Act of 1966 listed them all. LSDs were only formed in some parts of the province initially; four counties had none at all. G. Timothy Walton (talk) 00:40, 21 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, implemented most of these, also subdivisions template. Don't have refs for for "history of reform", nor the existence of villages pre-1966. --Cornellier (talk) 03:58, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

CanLII has the 1973 version with the Second Schedule of the 1968 version. The village of Port Elgin is listed there. Most of the rest became towns before 1966 - Hampton, Shippegan, and Tracadie come to mind. The refs I have for pre-1966 are all for print sources. Byrne might have something but I haven't looked at it in several years. G. Timothy Walton (talk) 04:12, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]