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Charlotte West (electoral district)

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Charlotte West
New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of New Brunswick
District created1973
District abolished1994
First contested1974
Last contested1991

Charlotte West was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada; it existed from 1974 to 1995.

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

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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

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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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