Charlotte (1785–1974 electoral district)

Charlotte was a New Brunswick electoral district. It existed from the first legislature in 1785 until it was abolished in 1973 when New Brunswick went from bloc voting to single-member ridings. The riding of St. Stephen-Milltown was briefly separated from this riding between 1924 and 1926.

For the provincial riding from 1994–2006, see Charlotte (provincial electoral district).

Charlotte

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1785
District abolished	1973
First contested	1785
Last contested	1970

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1st	1786 – 1792		William Payne	Ind.		James Campbell	Ind.		Robert Pagan	Ind.		Peter Clinch	Ind.
2nd	1793 – 1795		Daniel McMaster	Ind.		Hugh Mackay	Ind.
3rd	1795 – 1802		James Campbell	Ind.		David Owen	Ind.					David Mowatt	Ind.
4th	1802 – 1809		Ninian Lindsay	Ind.		Hugh Mackay	Ind.					Joseph Porter	Ind.
5th	1809 – 1816		John Dunn	Ind.		Donald McDonald	Ind.					Colin Campbell	Ind.
6th	1817 – 1819		Hugh Mackay	Ind.		Joseph Porter	Ind.
7th	1820								John Campbell	Ind.
8th	1821 – 1827					Peter Stubs	Ind.					Joseph N. Clarke[1]	Ind.
9th	1827 – 1828					Colin Campbell	Ind.		Thomas Wyer	Ind.
	1828 – 1829											Patrick Clinch[1]	Ind.
	1829 – 1830											Joseph N. Clarke	Ind.
10th	1831 – 1834		James Brown	Ind.		Patrick Clinch	Ind.					George S. Hill	Ind.
11th	1835 – 1837
12th	1837 – 1842					Robert Thomson	Ind.
13th	1843 – 1846								James Boyd	Ind.
14th	1847 – 1850											William Porter	Ind.
15th	1851 – 1854		John James Robinson	Ind.					Bartholomew R. Fitzgerald	Ind.
16th	1854 – 1856		Arthur Hill Gillmor	Lib.		John McAdam	Lib.-Con.		James Boyd	Ind.		James Brown	Ind.
17th	1856 – 1857											George Dixon Street	Ind.
18th	1857 – 1861								James Brown	Ind.		James W. Chandler	Ind.
19th	1862 – 1864					George S. Grimmer[2]	Lib.		James Boyd	Ind.		James G. Stevens	Ind.
	1864 – 1865					John McAdam	Lib.-Con.
20th	1865 – 1866					George F. Hill	Lib.					Robert Thomson	Ind.
21st	1866 – 1867		John McAdam[3]	Lib.-Con.		James G. Stevens[4]	Ind.		Francis Hibbard	Ind.		James W. Chandler[4]	Ind.
	1867 – 1868					Henry Frye	Ind.					Benjamin Robert Stephenson	Lib.
	1868 – 1870		John S. Covert	Lib.
22nd	1870 – 1872		Joseph Donald	Ind.		John McAdam[5]	Lib.-Con.
	1872 – 1874					John Cameron Brown	Lib.
23rd	1875 – 1878		James Murchie	Lib.		James McKay	Lib.		Thomas Cottrell	Lib.
24th	1879 – 1882		George F. Hill	Lib.		James E. Lynott	Ind.
25th	1883 – 1886		John McAdam	Lib.-Con.					James Mitchell	Lib.		George F. Hibbard	Ind.
26th	1886 – 1890		William Douglas	Cons.		James Russell	Ind.
27th	1890 – 1892
28th	1892 – 1895		George F. Hill	Lib.								James O'Brien	Lib.
29th	1896 – 1899
30th	1899 – 1903								William F. Todd	Lib.
31st	1903 – 1908		Henry I. Taylor	Cons.		Thomas A. Hartt	Cons.		Ward C.H. Grimmer	Cons.		George J. Clarke	Cons.
32nd	1908 – 1912
33rd	1912 – 1917					Scott D. Guptill	Cons.
34th	1917 – 1920								R. Watson Grimmer	Cons.		Harry D. Smith	Cons.
35th	1921 – 1925								John M. Flewelling	Cons.		John W. Scovil	Lib.
36th	1925 – 1930								James S. Lord	Cons.	see St. Stephen-Milltown
37th	1931 – 1935								George H. I. Cockburn	Cons.		Harry Marshall Groom	Cons.
38th	1935 – 1939		Alexander Dyas	Lib.		J.J. Hayes Doone	Lib.		R. Fraser Keay	Lib.		Foster C. Calder	Lib.
39th	1939 – 1944
40th	1944 – 1948		Hugh S. Balkam	Lib.								Owen Morse	Lib.
41st	1948 – 1952					William N. Campbell	Lib.		Leigh Williamson	Lib.
42nd	1952 – 1956		Norman Buchanan	PC		C. Douglas Everett	PC		Lorne B. Groom[6]	PC		Vance R. Huntley	PC
43rd	1957 – 1960											Gale S. McLaughlin	PC
44th	1960 – 1963		Kenneth J. Webber	Lib.		Henry G. Irwin	Lib.		Leon G. Small	Lib.		Alfred Hawkins	Lib.
45th	1963 – 1967
46th	1967 – 1970		John E. Rigby[7]	PC		G.W.N. Cockburn	PC		Leland McGaw	PC		DeCosta W. Young	PC
47th	1970 – 1972
	1973 – 1974		James N. Tucker, Jr.	PC
Riding dissolved into Charlotte Centre, Charlotte-Fundy, Charlotte West and St. Stephen-Milltown

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 11 December 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	James Tucker	5,037	Y
	Liberal	Robert Brown	4,202

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	G.W.N. Cockburn	6,047	Y
	Progressive Conservative	John E. Rigby	6,028	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Leland McGaw	5,816	Y
	Progressive Conservative	DeCosta W. Young	5,785	Y
	Liberal	Robert W. Brown	4,638
	Liberal	Bernard Moses	4,585
	Liberal	E. B. "Bill" Ross	4,484
	Liberal	Douglas Wooster	4,290
	New Democratic	Robert Michael Modding	218

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	John E. Rigby	5,835	Y
	Progressive Conservative	G.W.N. Cockburn	5,744	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Leland McGaw	5,639	Y
	Progressive Conservative	DeCosta W. Young	5,587	Y
	Liberal	Arthur Giddins	5,357
	Liberal	Alfred Hawkins	5,329
	Liberal	Kenneth Webber	5,298
	Liberal	Fulton Winchester	5,181

Notes

1. election appealed
2. resigned to accept appointment as Clerk of the Peace
3. named to the Canadian Senate
4. resigned after being named as a judge
5. elected to federal seat
6. resigned to run for a federal seat
7. died in office