The legislation establishes a statutory requirement for redistribution of electoral districts after every second New Brunswick general election.
[2] The commission was appointed on August 28, 2012, following the unanimous recommendation of a committee of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
The commission released a draft map on January 17, 2013, which was open to changes following public consultations held from February 17 to March 6, 2013.
* - measured in the percentage of its polling stations that came from the noted districts ** - riding was later renamed Saint Croix in 2016.
* - measured in the percentage of its polling stations that went to the noted districts After the release of the map, several Francophone organizations indicated they planned to challenge the law in court.
Two organizations and two individuals filed a joint suit against the process in general, and specifically including the communities of Memramcook and Neguac in majority Anglophone districts.