Darlington, New Brunswick

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Darlington
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Location of Darlington, New Brunswick
Coordinates: 48°02′53″N66°23′01″W / 48.048056°N 66.383611°W / 48.048056; -66.383611 Coordinates: 48°02′53″N66°23′01″W / 48.048056°N 66.383611°W / 48.048056; -66.383611
Country Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Province Flag of New Brunswick.svg  New Brunswick
County Restigouche
Parish Dalhousie
Electoral Districts
Federal

Madawaska—Restigouche
Provincial Dalhousie-Restigouche East
Government
  Type Dalhousie Town Council
Time zone UTC-4 (AST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-3 (ADT)
Area code 506
Access RoutesNB 134.svg Route 134
NB 275.svg Route 275

Darlington is a former village in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. it is now a part of the Town of Dalhousie. Darlington also contains the town's only shopping center the Dalington Mall.

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History

It was incorporated as a Village in 1977 then merged into the Town of Dalhousie November 4, 1982. The main street (Route 275) through the former village was renamed Darlington Drive after amalgamation. It became residential in the post war housing period in the late 1940s and 50s, when farmland was subdivided. [1] The first mayor of Darlington, was Richard W. Taylor who won by a landslide. He won a second term by acclamation, but died shortly after this. It was after this that it was amalgamated with Dalhousie.

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