Charlotte West (electoral district)

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Charlotte West
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 West was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada; it existed from 1974 to 1995.

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It was created from part of the former four-member electoral district of Charlotte during the New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 1973. In the New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 1994, parts of Charlotte West were merged with St. Stephen-Milltown to form the new electoral division of Western Charlotte; the remainder became part of the new electoral district of Fundy Isles.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Charlotte
48th  1974–1978   Leland McGaw Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991   Reid Hurley Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Western Charlotte and Fundy Isles

Election results

1991 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reid Hurley 1,79645.79-12.36
Progressive Conservative Bev Lawrence1,07727.46-9.02
Confederation of Regions Mabel Groom76819.58
New Democratic Ellen Smith2817.16+1.79
Total valid votes3,922100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -1.67
1987 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reid Hurley 2,28658.15+23.39
Progressive Conservative Leland W. McGaw 1,43436.48-19.49
New Democratic Ray "Bud" Parks2115.37-3.90
Total valid votes3,931100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +21.44
1982 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Leland W. McGaw 1,99255.97-2.77
Liberal Dale E. Lively1,23734.76±0
New Democratic Joseph N. Hansen3309.27+2.77
Total valid votes3,559100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -1.38
1978 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Leland W. McGaw 1,81558.74+3.13
Liberal Philip Earl Johnson1,07434.76-9.63
New Democratic William C. Mosher2016.50
Total valid votes3,090100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +6.38
1974 New Brunswick general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Leland McGaw 1,58755.61
Liberal Edward John Boone1,26744.39
Total valid votes2,854100.0  
The previous multi-member riding of Charlotte went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Leland McGaw being one of the four incumbents.

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