Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)
Carleton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It is located in the west-central part of the province, and is centred on the towns of Woodstock and Hartland. It was first contested in the 2014 general election, having been created in the 2013 redistribution of electoral boundaries from portions of the former ridings of Woodstock, Carleton and a small part of York North.
The electoral districts of Carleton (2006-2014) and Carleton (2014-) as they relate to Carleton County and its municipalities.
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.png) The riding of Carleton (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts. | |||
| Coordinates: | 46.303°N 67.544°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick | ||
| MLA |
Progressive Conservative | ||
| District created | 2013 | ||
| First contested | 2014 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2011) | 16,186[1] | ||
| Electors (2013) | 10,984[2] | ||
| Census divisions | Carleton, York | ||
| Census subdivisions | Aberdeen, Bright, Brighton, Hartland, Kent, Northampton, Peel, Richmond, Simonds, Wakefield, Wicklow, Wilmot, Woodstock (parish), Woodstock (town) | ||
The district includes the south-central parts of Carleton County.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Woodstock, Carleton (1995–2014) and York North | ||||
| 58th | 2014–2015 | David Alward | Progressive Conservative | |
| 2015–Present | Stewart Fairgrieve | |||
Election results
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| The 2018 general election will be held on September 24. | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart Fairgrieve | 2,982 | 39.6 | |||||
| People's Alliance | Stewart B. Manuel | 2,026 | 26.9 | |||||
| Green | Amy Anderson | 1,247 | 16.6 | |||||
| Liberal | Christy Culberson | 1,197 | 15.9 | |||||
| New Democratic | Adam McAvoy | 82 | 1.1 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,534 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 12 | |||||||
| Turnout | 7,546 | 66.47 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,353 | |||||||
| New Brunswick provincial by-election, 5 October 2015 On the resignation of David Alward, 22 May 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart Fairgrieve | 3,145 | 48.93 | -7.85 | ||||
| Liberal | Courtney Keenan | 2,152 | 33.48 | +11.28 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Clark | 782 | 12.17 | +1.68 | ||||
| New Democratic | Greg Crouse | 254 | 3.95 | -4.16 | ||||
| People's Alliance | Randall Leavitt | 95 | 1.48 | -0.95 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,428 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 15 | 0.23 | -0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,443 | 56.25 | -6.92 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,454 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -9.56 | ||||||
| Source:Elections New Brunswick | ||||||||
| 2014 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | David Alward | 4,061 | 56.77 | |||||
| Liberal | Tom Reid | 1,588 | 22.20 | |||||
| Green | Andrew Clark | 750 | 10.49 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jeremiah Clark | 580 | 8.11 | |||||
| People's Alliance | Steven Love | 174 | 2.43 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,153 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 23 | 0.32 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,176 | 63.17 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 11,360 | |||||||
| This riding was created from parts of Woodstock and the former riding of Carleton, which both elected Progressive Conservatives in the previous election. David Alward was the incumbent from Woodstock. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
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References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2014-03-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.
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