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Carleton North
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Coordinates: 46°29′02″N67°35′20″W / 46.484°N 67.589°W / 46.484; -67.589 Coordinates: 46°29′02″N67°35′20″W / 46.484°N 67.589°W / 46.484; -67.589
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created 1973
District abolished 1994
First contested 1974
Last contested 1991
Demographics
Electors (1991)6,001 [1]

Carleton North was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada.

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This district contained the northern third of Carleton County, including the municipalities of Bath, Bristol, Centreville and Florenceville.

From 1974 to 1987 the seat was represented by Progressive Conservative Charles Gallagher who served as a senior cabinet minister until 1985 before becoming speaker of the legislature. [2]

In 1987, Liberal Fred Harvey was elected in a landslide which saw the Liberals win every seat in the legislature. Harvey was narrowly re-elected in 1991 but was expelled from the legislature in 1993 for violations of the Elections Act. [3]

Dale Graham, a Progressive Conservative, was elected in a 1993 by-election. [4] Graham was re-elected 5 times in the successor district of Carleton and serve as deputy premier and speaker. [5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Carleton (1834–1974)
48th  1974–1978   Charles Gallagher Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991   Fred Harvey Liberal
52nd  1991–1993
 1993–1995   Dale Graham Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Carleton (1995–2014)

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 28 June 1993
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Dale Graham 2,36550.20+10.64
Liberal Dean Rupert Crabbe1,53432.56-9.55
Confederation of Regions Phil Dunbar77016.34-0.35
New Democratic Anna Marie Kilfoil420.89-0.75
Total valid votes4,711100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.10
1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Fred Harvey 2,16342.11-13.10
Progressive Conservative Dale Graham 2,03239.56-0.77
Confederation of Regions Jack Salmon85716.69–
New Democratic Anna Marie Kilfoil841.64-2.82
Total valid votes5,136100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -6.16
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal B. Fred Harvey 2,68755.21+13.68
Progressive Conservative Charles G. Gallagher 1,96340.33-12.37
New Democratic Anna Marie Kilfoil2174.46-1.32
Total valid votes4,867100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.02
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charles G. Gallagher 2,18952.70-5.89
Liberal Robert D. MacElwain1,72541.53+0.12
New Democratic Larry Lamont2405.78–
Total valid votes4,154100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -3.00
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Charles G. Gallagher 2,39758.59+3.91
Liberal Samuel J. "Sam" Perkins1,69441.41-3.91
Total valid votes4,091100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.91
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Charles G. Gallagher 2,23854.68
Liberal Robert A. White1,85545.32
Total valid votes4,093100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Carleton went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Charles Gallagher being one of three incumbents.

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Charles Gunter Gallagher".
  3. ↑ "Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Search". January 2001.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Dale Graham Bios - 57th Legislature". Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
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