Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe is the name of a federal electoral district (or riding) in New Brunswick, Canada. Its population in 2001 was 83,191.

Geography

The riding includes the entire city of Moncton and most of the towns of Riverview and Dieppe.

History

The riding of Moncton was created in 1966 when the district of Westmorland was split up. The other riding is now called Beausejour . The riding's initial area consisted of the city of Moncton and town of Dieppe, two parishes in Westmorland County (Moncton and Salisbury), and the Parish of Coverdale in Albert County.

As the Moncton area grew in population, the riding shrank. The area of Albert County outside the town of Riverview was removed in 1976, a large area north of Moncton was removed in 1987, and the Petitcodiac and Salisbury areas were removed in 1997, to the point where the riding no longer has any largely rural areas. In 1998 Riverview and Dieppe were added to the riding's name.

Moncton has elected some well-known and controversial Members of Parliament. Former mayor Leonard Jones , who took a tough stance against francophone education, had the Progressive Conservative Party refuse to sign his nomination papers in 1974 only to win as an independent. Dennis Cochrane, later the leader of the New Brunswick P.C. Party, represented the city for one term in the 1980s, and cabinet minister Claudette Bradshaw is the riding's current representative in the House of Commons.

List of Members:

1. Charlie Thomas , P.C. (1968-1974)
2. Leonard Jones , Independent (1974-1979)
3. Gary McCauley , Liberal (1979-1984)
4. Dennis Cochrane, P.C. (1984-1988)
5. George Rideout , Liberal (1988-1997)
6. Claudette Bradshaw, Liberal (1997-present)