History
It was created in 2006 from parts of Grand Lake and Oromocto-Gagetown. From Grand Lake, it took Chipman, Minto and other communities around the Grand Lake area, however large portions of the district—both in terms of geographics with large forested areas in the west of the district and in terms of population with suburban areas just out side of Fredericton—were lost to the district of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak. From Oromocto-Gagetown it took all portions of the district north of the St. John River, including the Village of Gagetown.
Its first (and to date only) representative is Liberal Eugene McGuinley, the incumbent from the old Grand Lake district. One of McGuinley's challengers in 2006 was Jack Carr, the twin brother of Jody Carr, the incumbent from the old Oromocto-Gagetown district.
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