1993Voting districts were redrawn and the number of precincts was reduced from 12 to 10.Government and Public Service, City Government

There was a need for rebalancing the districts, with Wards 2 and 3 having too few voters and Wards 1,4, and 5 having too many. State law requires a district to have no more than 4,000 residents and that wards must be within 5% of each other.
Gloucester Daily Times. "City prepares to redraw voting district lines." January 27, 1993.