Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)

Carleton

New Brunswick electoral district
The riding of Carleton (as it exists from 2014) in relation to other New Brunswick electoral districts.
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
MLA	Stewart Fairgrieve 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)

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.

The district includes the south-central parts of Carleton County.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Woodstock, Carleton (1995–2014) and York North
58th	2014–2015		David Alward	Progressive Conservative
	2015–Present		Stewart Fairgrieve

Election results

New Brunswick provincial by-election, 5 October 2015 On the resignation of David Alward, 22 May 2015
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

New Brunswick general election, 2014
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]

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

1. http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf
2. http://www.gnb.ca/elections/pdf/2013Boundaries/2013-EBRC-CDCER-Report-Rapport-Final.pdf
3. Elections New Brunswick (6 Oct 2014). "Declared Results, 2014 New Brunswick election". Archived from the original on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 18 Oct 2014.