Carleton North was a

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for the Legislative Assembly of

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. This district contained the northern third of

Carleton County Carleton County (2016 population 26,220) is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada. The western border is Aroostook County, Maine, Aroostook County, Maine, the northern border is Victoria County, New Brunswick, Victoria County, and the ...

, including the municipalities of

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, Centreville and Florenceville. From

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the seat was represented by Progressive Conservative

Charles Gallagher Charles Gunter Gallagher (September 21, 1925 – June 20, 2007) was a farmer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Carleton County and then Carleton North in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Progressive ...

who served as a senior

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until 1985 before becoming speaker of the legislature. In 1987,

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Fred Harvey was elected in a landslide which saw the Liberals win every seat in the legislature. Harvey was narrowly re-elected in

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but was expelled from the legislature in 1993 for violations of the ''Elections Act''.

Dale Graham Dale Allison Graham (born October 6, 1951''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1997'', Kathryn O'Handley ) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He served as an Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, MLA from 1993 to 2014, as Speaker of t ...

, a Progressive Conservative, was elected in a 1993 by-election. Graham was re-elected 5 times in the successor district of Carleton and serve as

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and speaker.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

References

Former provincial electoral districts of New Brunswick {{Canada-constituency-stub