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What Mrwalis may mean to say by "the parish concept is completely defunct" is that the APPLICATION of the concept, where parish wards feed a regional i.e. county municipality, was made defunct by the abolishment of county councils during the louis robichaud equal opportunity suite of legislative changes. More specifically it was the Ed Byrne commission report that undertook to revamp local government and taxation.
One may argue that having kept the parish boundaries largely preserved the parishes and counties frozen in time to this day despite the intent to abolish the system all together. Placeographer77 ( talk) 16:52, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
It is quite evident that civil parishes in NB have, to a greater or lesser degree, remained as an organizational unit [edit: a subdivision]. Their name and role have changed as a result of local government reorganizing, however, they are in essence contained in the new organizing structure. I fail to see the source of the apparent struggle requiring stressing of the complete disappearance of the parish as an entity as apposed to allowing for an explanation as to why we would currently have need for the list of parishes and their continued use as census subdivisions. Also reference to the struggle to clarify the confusion between LSDs and parishes is completely unnecessary. Both of these contribute to an article which is confusing and UN-encyclopedic.
There may be a need for an entry that sets the stage for the list. We know where parishes came from and we know where they went: "The counties were; however, divided into parishes, districts having a certain amount of local autonomy and some limited powers of administration, which have been recognized in subsequent municipal legislation." http://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb07/acyb07_2015b-eng.htm
I'm interested in the awkwardness with which we handle local government in NB, especially discussions of regional government. Coming to agreement and forming quality entries will be well worth the while. Placeographer77 ( talk) 16:39, 12 June 2016 (UTC)
For clarity, I suggest we remove all text after "This is a list of civil parishes in the Canadian province of New Brunswick." to a new entry that will complement the list. That is, an article titled, "Civil parishes of NB", can introduce and develop the former and current signifigance of the NB civil parish. This will be a an important improvement. At this point, it is no one particular person's undertaking. I appreciate your attention to the subject. Thanks! Placeographer77 ( talk) 16:36, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
Thank you. I agree, that is the proper link. Up until this week, parish had been linked to ecclesiastical parishes article. I see there is now a entry made at Parish_(administrative_division) for New Brunswick linking to this list. Placeographer77 ( talk) 22:26, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
I don't think we need the legal term. Somewhere we need the descriptive term. The distinction was made when parishes where given a self administration function instead of an Anglican or Catholic function, even if in some cases there was overlap as you offer. YOu say it is possible to discern the legislation as civil or ecclesiastical?
That former link should not be restored. User:Hwy43 has installed a correct link. It is interesting looking at the other commonwealth entries found there.
I understand this article is not a place to discuss former administrative units. A mechanism is needed to do so, but at and entry such as former administrative units in New Brunswick or political subdivisions of NB. Placeographer77 ( talk) 22:26, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
Alot about the origins of the civil parish in NB can be learned from reading the entry at Civil parishes of England, since Dominion of Canada developments would parallel those in the mother country.
I would like to see accurate pictures of the NB local government story to inform ourconversations. Placeographer77 ( talk) 14:10, 13 June 2016 (UTC)