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Charlotte Centre

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

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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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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

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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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