Carleton—Charlotte

Carleton—Charlotte was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997.

Carleton—Charlotte

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1966
District abolished	1996
First contested	1968
Last contested	1993

The riding was created in the redistribution of electoral districts in 1966. It consisted of the counties of Carleton and Charlotte, as well as southern portions of York and Sunbury Counties. Charlotte County was formerly its own electoral district, while Carleton County was part of the Victoria—Carleton riding.

In the 1996 redistribution, Carleton—Charlotte was abolished. Most of Carleton County became part of the new Tobique—Mactaquac, while the rest became part of New Brunswick Southwest.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Carleton—Charlotte Riding created from Charlotte, Victoria—Carleton, St. John—Albert and York—Sunbury
28th	1968–1972		Hugh John Flemming	Progressive Conservative
29th	1972–1974		Fred McCain
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993		Greg Thompson
35th	1993–1997		Harold Culbert	Liberal
Riding dissolved into Charlotte and Tobique—Mactaquac

Election results

1993 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Culbert	13,970	43.1	+1.5
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Thompson	13,157	40.6	-6.6
	Reform	Greg Wyborn	3,827	11.8	+11.8
	New Democratic Party	Bill Barteau	1,016	3.1	-4.6
	National	Richard Shelley	431	1.3	+1.3
Total			32,401

1988 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Thompson	16,026	47.2	-14.6
	Liberal	Harold Culbert	14,116	41.6	+17.6
	New Democratic Party	Ben Kilfoil	2,596	7.7	-6.5
	Confederation of Regions	Robert Storr	1,183	3.5	+3.5
Total			33,921

1984 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred McCain	19,984	61.8	+14.4
	Liberal	Gerard Daly	7,752	24.0	-12.1
	New Democratic Party	Ben Kilfoil	4,608	14.2	-1.0
Total			32,344

1980 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred McCain	14,565	47.4	-8.2
	Liberal	Joseph Palmer	11,091	36.1	+5.0
	New Democratic Party	Arthur Slipp	4,680	15.2	+1.9
	Independent	Janice Brown	407	1.3	+1.3
Total			30,743

1979 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred McCain	16,603	55.6	+5.1
	Liberal	Ann Brennan	9,308	31.1	-8.6
	New Democratic Party	Ed Gaunce	3,971	13.3	+3.5
Total			29,882

1974 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred McCain	12,315	50.5	-9.7
	Liberal	Don Beattie	9,681	39.7	+7.5
	New Democratic Party	Lawrence Bright	2,387	9.8	+2.2
Total			24,383

1972 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fred McCain	14,431	60.2	-2.6
	Liberal	Donald Hinton	7,715	32.2	-1.6
	New Democratic Party	Lawrence Bright	1,831	7.6	+4.2
Total			23,977

1968 Canadian federal election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	15,469	62.8	*
	Liberal	Henry Hachey	8,330	33.8	*
	New Democratic Party	Tom Jones	848	3.4	*
Total			24,647

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada