Charlotte West
Charlotte West was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada; it existed from 1974 to 1995.
 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 |
It was created from part of the former four-member electoral district of Charlotte during the New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 1973. In the New Brunswick electoral redistribution of 1994, parts of Charlotte West were merged with St. Stephen-Milltown to form the new electoral division of Western Charlotte; the remainder became part of the new electoral district of Fundy Isles.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Charlotte | ||||
| 48th | 1974–1978 | Leland McGaw | Progressive Conservative | |
| 49th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 50th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 51st | 1987–1991 | Reid Hurley | Liberal | |
| 52nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Western Charlotte and Fundy Isles | ||||
Election results
| 1991 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Reid Hurley | 1,796 | 45.79 | -12.36 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Bev Lawrence | 1,077 | 27.46 | -9.02 | ||||
| Confederation of Regions | Mabel Groom | 768 | 19.58 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Ellen Smith | 281 | 7.16 | +1.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,922 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.67 | ||||||
| 1987 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Reid Hurley | 2,286 | 58.15 | +23.39 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leland W. McGaw | 1,434 | 36.48 | -19.49 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ray "Bud" Parks | 211 | 5.37 | -3.90 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,931 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +21.44 | ||||||
| 1982 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leland W. McGaw | 1,992 | 55.97 | -2.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Dale E. Lively | 1,237 | 34.76 | ±0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joseph N. Hansen | 330 | 9.27 | +2.77 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,559 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -1.38 | ||||||
| 1978 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leland W. McGaw | 1,815 | 58.74 | +3.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Philip Earl Johnson | 1,074 | 34.76 | -9.63 | ||||
| New Democratic | William C. Mosher | 201 | 6.50 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,090 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.38 | ||||||
| 1974 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Leland McGaw | 1,587 | 55.61 | |||||
| Liberal | Edward John Boone | 1,267 | 44.39 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,854 | 100.0 | ||||||
| The previous multi-member riding of Charlotte went totally Progressive Conservative in the last election, with Leland McGaw being one of the four incumbents. | ||||||||
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