Carleton (New Brunswick federal electoral district)

Carleton

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1914
First contested	1867
Last contested	1911

Carleton was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was created in 1867 as part of the British North America Act, and was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Victoria—Carleton. It was named for Carleton County, New Brunswick.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Carleton
1st	1867–1872		Charles Connell	Liberal
2nd	1872–1873
	1873–1874		Stephen Burpee Appleby
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1881		George Heber Connell	Independent
	1881–1882		David Irvine	Liberal
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891		Frederick Harding Hale	Liberal–Conservative
7th	1891–1892		Newton Ramsay Colter	Liberal
	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900		Frederick Harding Hale	Liberal–Conservative
9th	1900–1904
10th	1904–1908		Frank Broadstreet Carvell	Liberal
11th	1908–1911
12th	1911–1917
Riding dissolved into Victoria—Carleton

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1867
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Connell	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1872
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Connell	acclaimed

Canadian federal by-election, 18 September 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stephen B. Appleby	acclaimed

By-election on Mr Connell's death, June 28, 1873.

Canadian federal election, 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Stephen B. Appleby	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	George H. Connell	1,766	54.96
	Liberal	S. B. Appleby	1,447	45.04	-54.96

By-election: On Mr. Connell's death, 15 February 1881

Canadian federal by-election, 16 February 1881
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Irvine	1,470	50.78	+5.74
	Unknown	C. P. Connell	1,425	49.22

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	David Irvine	1,812	52.29	+1.51
	Unknown	William Lindsay	1,653	47.71

Canadian federal election, 1887
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frederick H. Hale	2,362	65.52
	Liberal	Donald McLeod Vince	1,243	34.48	-17.81

Canadian federal election, 1891
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	N. R. Colter	2,016	51.38	+16.90
	Conservative	Donald McLeod Vince	1,908	48.62	-16.90

By-election: On election of 1891 being declared void

Canadian federal by-election, 6 April 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Newton Ramsay Colter	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal–Conservative	F. H. Hale	2,667	54.12
	Liberal	N. R. Colter	2,261	45.88	-54.12

Canadian federal election, 1900
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal–Conservative	Frederick Harding Hale	2,714	52.46	-1.66
	Liberal	Frank Broadstreet Carvell	2,459	47.54	+1.66

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Frank Broadstreet Carvell	2,662	52.71	+5.17
	Liberal–Conservative	Frederick Harding Hale	2,388	47.29	-5.17

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Frank Broadstreet Carvell	2,635	51.47	-1.24
	Conservative	Benjamin Franklin Smith	2,484	48.53	+1.24

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Frank Broadstreet Carvellt	2,614	50.11	-1.03
	Conservative	Benjamin Franklin Smith	2,603	49.89	+1.03

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament