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Carleton Centre

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Carleton Centre
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

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

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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

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1991 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allison DeLong 2,087 42.95 -14.84
Progressive Conservative Mary Hatfield 1,387 28.54 -9.88
Confederation of Regions Lois M. Clark 1,281 26.36
New Democratic Linda Marie Lawrence 104 2.14 -1.65
Total valid votes 4,859 100.0  
Liberal hold Swing -2.48
1987 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allison Winston DeLong 2,787 57.79 +12.57
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 1,853 38.42 -13.43
New Democratic Kathryn Campbell 183 3.79 +0.86
Total valid votes 4,823 100.0  
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +13.00
1982 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 2,266 51.85 -2.24
Liberal David E. Crouse 1,976 45.22 -0.69
New Democratic L. William Maxon 128 2.93
Total valid votes 4,370 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -0.78
1978 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 2,043 54.09 -7.97
Liberal David Crouse 1,734 45.91 +7.97
Total valid votes 3,777 100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.97
1974 New Brunswick general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Richard B. Hatfield 2,033 62.06
Liberal Aage Skaarup 1,243 37.94
Total valid votes 3,276 100.0  
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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