Carleton—Charlotte

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Carleton—Charlotte
Flag of New Brunswick.svg New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1996
First contested 1968
Last contested 1993

Carleton—Charlotte was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

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The riding was created in the redistribution of electoral districts in 1966. It consisted of the counties of Carleton and Charlotte, as well as southern portions of York and Sunbury Counties. Charlotte County was formerly its own electoral district, while Carleton County was part of the Victoria—Carleton riding.

In the 1996 redistribution, Carleton—Charlotte was abolished. Most of Carleton County became part of the new Tobique—Mactaquac, while the rest became part of New Brunswick Southwest.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
Carleton—Charlotte
Riding created from Charlotte, Victoria—Carleton,
St. John—Albert and York—Sunbury
28th  1968–1972   Hugh John Flemming Progressive Conservative
29th  1972–1974 Fred McCain
30th  1974–1979
31st  1979–1980
32nd  1980–1984
33rd  1984–1988
34th  1988–1993 Greg Thompson
35th  1993–1997   Harold Culbert Liberal
Riding dissolved into Charlotte and Tobique—Mactaquac

Election results

1993 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Harold Culbert 13,97043.1+1.5
  Progressive Conservative Greg Thompson 13,15740.6-6.6
Reform Greg Wyborn3,82711.8+11.8
  New Democratic Party Bill Barteau1,0163.1-4.6
National Richard Shelley4311.3+1.3
Total32,401
1988 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Greg Thompson 16,02647.2-14.6
  Liberal Harold Culbert 14,11641.6+17.6
  New Democratic Party Ben Kilfoil2,5967.7-6.5
Confederation of Regions Robert Storr1,1833.5+3.5
Total33,921
1984 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Fred McCain 19,98461.8+14.4
  Liberal Gerard Daly7,75224.0-12.1
  New Democratic Party Ben Kilfoil4,60814.2-1.0
Total32,344
1980 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Fred McCain 14,56547.4-8.2
  Liberal Joseph Palmer11,09136.1+5.0
  New Democratic Party Arthur Slipp4,68015.2+1.9
 IndependentJanice Brown4071.3+1.3
Total30,743
1979 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Fred McCain 16,60355.6+5.1
  Liberal Ann Brennan9,30831.1-8.6
  New Democratic Party Ed Gaunce3,97113.3+3.5
Total29,882
1974 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Fred McCain 12,31550.5-9.7
  Liberal Don Beattie9,68139.7+7.5
  New Democratic Party Lawrence Bright2,3879.8+2.2
Total24,383
1972 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Fred McCain 14,43160.2-2.6
  Liberal Donald Hinton7,71532.2-1.6
  New Democratic Party Lawrence Bright1,8317.6+4.2
Total23,977
1968 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Hugh John Flemming 15,46962.8*
  Liberal Henry Hachey8,33033.8*
  New Democratic Party Tom Jones8483.4*
Total24,647

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