The federal election is underway and voters in Newfoundland will have noticed that some ridings have changed boundaries and names.
St. John’s South-Mount Pearl is now known as Cape Spear, the Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame is now simply Central Newfoundland, and Bonavista-Burin-Trinity is now Terra Nova-The Peninsulas.
Every ten years electoral boundaries are reviewed, and some boundaries have also shifted this year, as the result of changes made by the Electoral Boundaries Commission.
The number of ridings in the province remains the same at seven.
Francoise Enguehard says voters will be able to check to see in which riding they will be casting their ballot by going online.
She says voters can check at www.elections.ca by entering their postal code. Otherwise election cards outlining your riding and where you need to go to cast your ballot will be distributed through Canada Post in the coming days.
