Charlotte Centre

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Charlotte 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

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

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Charlotte (1785–1974)
48th  1974–1978   DeCosta Young Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982   Sheldon Lee Liberal
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Charlotte (1994–2006) and Fundy Isles

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sheldon Lee 2,19565.64-7.38
Confederation of Regions Connie M. Stewart51615.43
Progressive Conservative Stanley John Smith47114.08-8.90
New Democratic Jean Stewart1624.84+0.84
Total valid votes3,344100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -11.40
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sheldon Lee 2,43173.02+25.14
Progressive Conservative Stanley J. Smith76522.98-22.07
New Democratic Graham Richardson1334.00-3.06
Total valid votes3,329100.0  
Liberal hold Swing +23.60
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sheldon A. Lee 1,47147.88-5.83
Progressive Conservative Gregory F. Thompson1,38445.05-1.24
New Democratic Wayne Townsend2177.06
Total valid votes3,072100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.30
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sheldon Lee 1,40453.71+7.08
Progressive Conservative Robert D. "Bob" Lee1,21046.29-3.77
Total valid votes2,614100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +5.42
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative DeCosta W. Young 1,21150.06
Liberal Sheldon Lee 1,12846.63
Independent William Hooper803.31
Total valid votes2,419100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Charlotte went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with DeCosta Young being one of the four incumbents.

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