Carleton-York

This article is about the New Brunswick electoral district used from 2014 onward. For the district used from 1995-2014, see York (1995-2014 provincial electoral district). For the former multi member district, see York (1785-1974 electoral district).

Carleton-York is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was contested for the first time in the 2014 general election. It was created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries.

Carleton-York

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Carleton-York (as it exists from 2023) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts
Coordinates:	45.913°N 67.293°W / 45.913; -67.293
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Richard Ames Progressive Conservative
District created	2013
First contested	2014
Last contested	2024
Demographics
Population (2011)	15,790
Electors (2013)	11,336
Census division(s)	York, Carleton

The district draws its population from the northwestern parts of York County and southern parts of Carleton County, the boundaries commission proposed it be named "York" which might have been confused with its immediate predecessor of the same name which was based in southwestern York County. The two districts share only about 12% of population in common. Accordingly, a committee of the legislative assembly changed the name to Carleton-York before the district could be contested.^[1]

The electoral districts of York (2006-2014) and York (2014-) as they relate to York County and its municipalities.

The new district includes all of Carleton County south of the Town of Woodstock, and northwestern parts of York County including Nackawic-Millville, Lakeland Ridges and Harvey.

Carleton-York (as it exists from 2023) and the roads in the riding

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from York North, Woodstock and York (1995–2014)
58th	2014–2018		Carl Urquhart	Progressive Conservative
59th	2018–2020
60th	2020–2024		Richard Ames
61st	2024–Present

Election results

v t e 2024 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Ames	4,622	58.9%	+1.07
	Liberal	Chris Duffie	2,136	27.2%	+15.76
	Green	Burt Folkins	675	8.6%	-2.24
	People's Alliance	Sterling Wright	415	5.3%	-13.25
Total valid votes			7,848
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections New Brunswick[2]

2020 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Ames	4,750	57.83	+20.67
	People's Alliance	Gary Lemmon	1,524	18.55	-12.24
	Liberal	Robert Kitchen	940	11.44	-7.11
	Green	Louise Comeau	890	10.84	+0.86
	New Democratic	Jarrett Oldenburg	110	1.34	-1.70
Total valid votes			8,214	99.90
Total rejected ballots			8	0.10
Turnout			8,222	67.54
Eligible voters			12,174
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+16.46
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

2018 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Urquhart	3,118	37.16	-9.37
	People's Alliance	Gary Lemmon	2,583	30.79	+23.33
	Liberal	Jackie Morehouse	1,556	18.55	-9.44
	Green	Sue Rickards	837	9.98	+2.33
	New Democratic	Robert Kitchen	255	3.04	-7.33
	KISS	Lloyd Maurey	40	0.48	--
Total valid votes			8,389	100.0
Total rejected ballots			10
Turnout			8,399	69.61%
Eligible voters			12,066
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-16.3
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]

2014 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Carl Urquhart	3,662	46.53
	Liberal	Ashley Cummings	2,203	27.99
	New Democratic	Jacob Elsinga	816	10.37
	Green	Terry Wishart	602	7.65
	People's Alliance	David Graham	587	7.46
Total valid votes			7,870	100.0
Total rejected ballots			16	0.20
Turnout			7,886	65.08
Eligible voters			12,117
This riding was created from York North, Woodstock and the former riding of York, all of which elected a Progressive Conservative in the previous election. Carl Urquhart was the incumbent from the former riding of York.
Source: Elections New Brunswick[3]