Federal riding boundaries are changing for the next election.
It could be months away, but by most educated guesses, Prime Minister Mark Carney will dissolve the current sitting of Parliament in the coming days, sending us to the polls.
Quinte News has three local ridings and three ridings that will change.
They are currently known as Northumberland-Peterborough South, Bay of Quinte, and Hastings-Lennox & Addington.
All three will stay as is for Queen’s Park and Members of Provincial Parliament, but not for the House of Commons and Members of Parliament.
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First, Hastings-Lennox and Addington. It will be known as Hastings-Lennox and Addington-Tyendinaga (federally only).
The current Member of Parliament is Shelby Kramp-Neuman.
The eastern, southern and northern boundaries will remain as they are, but will be adding a portion of the Bay of Quinte riding to the fold.
Bancroft, Deseronto, Greater Napanee, the townships of Addington Highlands, Carlow/Mayo, Faraday, Limerick, Loyalist, Madoc, Stirling-Rawdon, Stone Mills, Tudor and Cashel, Tyendinaga,Wollaston, along with Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, and City of Belleville lying north of Highway 401 will remain.
Added to HL&A Tyendinaga will be Quinte West north of Highway 401 and east of the Trent River, except between Fish and Game Club Road and Harrington Road, west of Flyboy Road, Collins Lane, and McMullen Road.
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The City Quinte West, south of the 401, west of the Trent River will remain in the Bay of Quinte riding, along with east of the Trent River, between Fish and Game Club Road and Harrington Road, west of Flyboy Road, Collins Lane, and McMullen Road.
Belleville south of the 401 and all of Prince Edward County will remain in Bay of Quinte.
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The riding of Northumberland-Peterborough South will now be federally known as Northumberland-Clarke.
In the east, the riding begins at Brighton (edge of Northumberland County) and stretches west past Port Hope to include part of Clarington to Townline Road. It goes to the south shores of Rice Lake and also includes the communities of Trent Hills, Cobourg, Alderville First Nation, Hamilton, Alnwick-Haldimand and Cramahe Township.
