Carleton Centre

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Carleton Centre
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991

Carleton Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created in the 1973 electoral redistribution from the multi-member riding of Carleton, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Carleton (1834–1974)
48th  1974–1978   Richard Hatfield Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991   Allison DeLong Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Carleton (1995–2014) and Woodstock

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Allison DeLong 2,08742.95-14.84
Progressive Conservative Mary Hatfield1,38728.54-9.88
Confederation of Regions Lois M. Clark1,28126.36
New Democratic Linda Marie Lawrence1042.14-1.65
Total valid votes4,859100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.48
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Allison Winston DeLong 2,78757.79+12.57
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 1,85338.42-13.43
New Democratic Kathryn Campbell1833.79+0.86
Total valid votes4,823100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.00
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 2,26651.85-2.24
Liberal David E. Crouse1,97645.22-0.69
New Democratic L. William Maxon1282.93
Total valid votes4,370100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.78
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 2,04354.09-7.97
Liberal David Crouse1,73445.91+7.97
Total valid votes3,777100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.97
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 2,03362.06
Liberal Aage Skaarup1,24337.94
Total valid votes3,276100.0  
The former multi-member riding of Carleton went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Richard Hatfield being one of three incumbents.

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