Talk:Administrative divisions of New Brunswick

Article arrangement suggestions

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)

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)

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)

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)