Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district, 1834–1974)

Carleton was an electoral district that elected members to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (now a province of Canada) from 1824 to 1974. Its boundaries were those of Carleton County and the number of members it returned varied over the years.

Carleton

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created	1834
District abolished	1973
First contested	1835
Last contested	1970

It was abolished in the 1973 electoral redistribution when the province moved to single member districts; at the time it elected three members and it was split into three single member districts: Carleton North, Carleton Centre and Carleton South.

During its time, three premiers represented the riding: James Kidd Flemming, Hugh John Flemming and Richard Hatfield.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
Riding created from York
11th	1835 – 1837		Jeremiah M. Connell	Ind.		George Morehouse	Ind.
12th	1837 – 1842					Bartholomew C. Beardsley	Ind.
13th	1843 – 1846					Charles Perley	Ind.
14th	1847 – 1850		Charles Connell	Ind.		James Tibbits	Ind.
15th	1851 – 1854					Horace H. Beardsley	Ind.
16th	1854 – 1856					Richard English	Ind.
17th	1856 – 1857					Charles Perley	Ind.
18th	1857 – 1861
19th	1862 – 1865		David Munro	Ind.		William Lindsay	Lib.
20th	1865 – 1866		Charles Connell	Ind.
21st	1866 – 1867
	1867 – 1868		James Hartley	Ind.
	1868 – 1870		George W. White	Cons.
22nd	1870 – 1874
23rd	1875 – 1878		John S. Leighton	Lib.		Randolph K. Jones	Ind.
24th	1879 – 1882					George W. White	Cons.
25th	1883 – 1886
26th	1886 – 1890		George R. Ketchum	Lib.		Marcus C. Atkinson	Lib.-Con.
27th	1890 – 1892
28th	1892 – 1895		Henry A. Connell	Ind.		J.T. Allan Dibblee	Lib.-Con.
	1895		Marcus C. Atkinson	Lib.-Con.
29th	1896 – 1899		Hugh H. McCain	Lib.					Charles L. Smith	Lib.
30th	1899 – 1900					Frank B. Carvell	Lib.
	1900 – 1903					James K. Flemming	Cons.		Stephen B. Appleby	Lib.
31st	1903 – 1908		Benjamin F. Smith	Cons.					Wendell P. Jones	Lib.
32nd	1908								Donald Munro	Ind.
	1908 – 1912		George W. Upham	Ind.
33rd	1912 – 1915		George L. White	Cons.
	1915 – 1916					Benjamin F. Smith	Cons.
	1916 – 1917								William S. Sutton	Cons.
34th	1917 – 1920
35th	1921 – 1925		Fred W. Smith	UF		Rennie K. Tracey	UF		Samuel J. Burlock	UF
36th	1925 – 1930		Fred C. Squires	Cons.		Edwin W. Melville	Cons.		Benjamin F. Smith	Cons.
37th	1931 – 1935								Gladstone W. Perry	Cons.
38th	1935 – 1939
39th	1939 – 1944
40th	1944 – 1948			PC		Hugh J. Flemming	PC			PC
41st	1948 – 1952		John (Jock) Fraser	Lib.
42nd	1952 – 1956		Fred A. McCain	PC					Harrison C. Monteith	PC
43rd	1957 – 1960
44th	1960 – 1961								A. Edison Stairs	PC
	1961 – 1963					Richard B. Hatfield	PC
45th	1963 – 1967
46th	1967 – 1970
47th	1970 – 1974		Charles Gallagher	PC
Riding dissolved into Carleton Centre, Carleton North and Carleton South

Election results

1970 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Richard B. Hatfield	6,695	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Charles Gallagher	6,104	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Edison Stairs	5,881	Y
	Liberal	James E. Patterson	2,711
	Liberal	Charles E. Russell	2,528
	Liberal	Robert Caines	2,523
	New Democratic	Barry Morrison	208
	New Democratic	James Wallace, Jr.	164
	New Democratic	Samo Stehlik	145

1967 New Brunswick general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Progressive Conservative	Richard B. Hatfield	5,907	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Fred A. McCain	5,581	Y
	Progressive Conservative	Edison Stairs	5,536	Y
	Liberal	Robert R. "Bob" McCain	4,559
	Liberal	Hugh Tait	4,059
	Liberal	Christine Young	3,702