Charlotte Centre
Charlotte Centre was a provincial electoral district in New Brunswick. It was created from the multi-member riding of Charlotte in the 1973 electoral redistribution, and was abolished in the 1994 electoral redistribution.
 New Brunswick electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick |
| District created | 1973 |
| District abolished | 1994 |
| First contested | 1974 |
| Last contested | 1991 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Charlotte (1785–1974) | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | DeCosta Young | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | Sheldon Lee | Liberal | |
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | |||
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Charlotte (1994–2006) and Fundy Isles | ||||
Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheldon Lee | 2,195 | 65.64 | -7.38 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Connie M. Stewart | 516 | 15.43 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stanley John Smith | 471 | 14.08 | -8.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean Stewart | 162 | 4.84 | +0.84 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,344 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -11.40 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheldon Lee | 2,431 | 73.02 | +25.14 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stanley J. Smith | 765 | 22.98 | -22.07 | ||||
| New Democratic | Graham Richardson | 133 | 4.00 | -3.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,329 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +23.60 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheldon A. Lee | 1,471 | 47.88 | -5.83 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gregory F. Thompson | 1,384 | 45.05 | -1.24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Townsend | 217 | 7.06 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,072 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.30 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheldon Lee | 1,404 | 53.71 | +7.08 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert D. "Bob" Lee | 1,210 | 46.29 | -3.77 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,614 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +5.42 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | DeCosta W. Young | 1,211 | 50.06 | |||||
| Liberal | Sheldon Lee | 1,128 | 46.63 | |||||
| Independent | William Hooper | 80 | 3.31 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,419 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Charlotte went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with DeCosta Young being one of the four incumbents. | ||||||||
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