Carleton Centre

Carleton Centre
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

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Riding created from Carleton (1834–1974)
48th  1974–1978     Richard Hatfield Progressive Conservative
49th  1978–1982
50th  1982–1987
51st  1987–1991     Allison DeLong Liberal
52nd  1991–1995
Riding dissolved into Carleton (1995–2014) and Woodstock

Election results

New Brunswick general election, 1991
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAllison DeLong 2,087 42.95 -14.84
Progressive ConservativeMary Hatfield 1,387 28.54 -9.88
Confederation of RegionsLois M. Clark 1,281 26.36
New DemocraticLinda Marie Lawrence 104 2.14 -1.65
Total valid votes 4,859100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.48
New Brunswick general election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalAllison Winston DeLong 2,787 57.79 +12.57
Progressive ConservativeRichard B. Hatfield 1,853 38.42 -13.43
New DemocraticKathryn Campbell 183 3.79 +0.86
Total valid votes 4,823100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.00
New Brunswick general election, 1982
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeRichard B. Hatfield 2,266 51.85 -2.24
LiberalDavid E. Crouse 1,976 45.22 -0.69
New DemocraticL. William Maxon 128 2.93
Total valid votes 4,370100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.78
New Brunswick general election, 1978
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeRichard B. Hatfield 2,043 54.09 -7.97
LiberalDavid Crouse 1,734 45.91 +7.97
Total valid votes 3,777100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.97
New Brunswick general election, 1974
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeRichard B. Hatfield 2,033 62.06
LiberalAage Skaarup 1,243 37.94
Total valid votes 3,276100.0  
The former multi-member riding of Carleton went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Richard Hatfield being one of three incumbents.

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