Victoria—Carleton

Victoria—Carleton was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1914 from Carleton and Victoria ridings. It was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1917. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Carleton—Charlotte and Madawaska—Victoria ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

1. Frank Broadstreet Carvell, Unionist (1917–1919)
2. Thomas Wakem Caldwell, United Farmers/Progressive (1919–1925)
3. James Kidd Flemming, Conservative (1925–1927)
4. Albion Roudolph Foster, Liberal (1927–1930)
5. Benjamin Franklin Smith, Conservative (1930–1935)
6. J.E. Jack Patterson, Liberal (1935–1940)
7. Heber Harold Hatfield, Progressive Conservative (1940–1952)
8. Gage W. Montgomery, Progressive Conservative (1952–1962)
9. Hugh John Flemming, Progressive Conservative (1962–1968)

Election results

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	9,462	57.3	-1.7
	Liberal	Paul Maddox	6,388	38.7	+2.1
	Social Credit	Arnold Slaney	352	2.1	-2.4
	New Democratic	Ernest Hallett	298	1.8	*

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	10,572	59.0	+1.7
	Liberal	Michael Francis McCluskey	6,533	36.5	+2.3
	Social Credit	Arnold Slaney	811	4.5	-4.0

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	10,439	57.3	-2.7
	Liberal	Samuel Bishop	6,235	34.2	-2.2
	Social Credit	Alyce Patterson	1,547	8.5	+4.8

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	10,692	60.0	+1.8
	Liberal	Vernon Briggs	6,483	36.4	+0.2
	Social Credit	Robert Craig	651	3.7	-1.9

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	9,843	58.2	+9.1
	Liberal	Raymond Jones	6,115	36.2	-9.2
	Social Credit	Ike Jones	944	5.6	+0.2

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	8,445	49.1	-7.8
	Liberal	Hugh Tait	7,809	45.4	+2.3
	Social Credit	George McLean	931	5.4	*

Canadian federal by-election, May 26, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	9,440	56.9	+1.9
	Liberal	Hugh Tait	7,140	43.1	-1.9

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Harold Hatfield	10,429	55.0	+0.5
	Liberal	Daniel Raymond Bishop	8,539	45.0	+3.5

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Harold Hatfield	9,365	54.5	+2.2
	Liberal	Roy Frederick Smith	7,132	41.5	-6.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Murray O'Regan	689	4.0	*

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Heber Harold Hatfield	7,974	52.3	+11.5
	Liberal	Michael Francis McCluskey	7,283	47.7	-0.1

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jack Patterson	7,500	47.8	+7.7
	Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	6,405	40.8	-19.1
	Reconstruction	William Earle	1,791	11.4	*

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Benjamin Franklin Smith	8,628	59.9	+6.1
	Liberal	Albion Foster	5,776	40.1	-6.1

By-election on June 16, 1927
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albion Foster	accl.

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	James Kidd Flemming	7,865	53.8	-3.8
	Liberal	Albion Foster	6,764	46.2	+4.5

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	James Kidd Flemming	8,426	57.6	+12.1
	Liberal–Progressive	Thomas Caldwell	6,101	41.7	-12.8
	Independent	Minnie Adney	84	0.7

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Progressive	Thomas Caldwell	6,413	54.5
	Conservative	Benjamin Franklin Smith	5,361	45.5

Canadian federal by-election, October 17, 1919
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	United Farmers	Thomas Caldwell	6,500	68.7
	Unknown	Weldon Melville	2,956	31.3

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Government (Unionist)	Frank Carvell	accl.

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Website of the Parliament of Canada