Victoria—Carleton

Victoria—Carleton

New Brunswick electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1914
District abolished	1966
First contested	1917
Last contested	1965
Demographics
Census division(s)	Carleton, Victoria

Victoria—Carleton was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1914 from Carleton and Victoria ridings. It was first used in the Canadian federal election of 1917. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Carleton—Charlotte and Madawaska—Victoria ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Victoria—Carleton
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Carleton (1867–1917) and Victoria (1867–1917)
13th	1917–1919		Frank Broadstreet Carvell	Government (Unionist)
	1919–1921		Thomas Wakem Caldwell	United Farmers
14th	1921–1925			Progressive
15th	1925–1926		James Kidd Flemming	Conservative
16th	1926–1927
	1927–1930		Albion Roudolph Foster	Liberal
17th	1930–1935		Benjamin Franklin Smith	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		Jack Patterson	Liberal
19th	1940–1945		Heber Harold Hatfield	National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
21st	1949–1952
	1952–1953		Gage Montgomery
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963		Hugh John Flemming
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Carleton—Charlotte (1968–1997) and Madawaska—Victoria (1968–1997)

Election results

1965

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	9,462	57.35	-1.66
	Liberal	Paul B. Maddox	6,388	38.72	2.25
	Social Credit	Arnold J. Slaney	352	2.13	-2.39
	New Democratic	Ernest Hallett	298	1.81	–
Total valid votes			16,500	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1963

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	10,572	59.01	1.72
	Liberal	Michael F. McCluskey	6,533	36.46	2.25
	Social Credit	Arnold J. Slaney	811	4.53	-3.96
Total valid votes			17,916	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1962

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	10,439	57.29	-2.69
	Liberal	Samuel M. Bishop	6,235	34.22	-2.15
	Social Credit	Alyce M. Patterson	1,547	8.49	4.84
Total valid votes			18,221	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1958

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	10,692	59.98	1.74
	Liberal	Vernon R. Briggs	6,483	36.37	0.19
	Social Credit	Robert Hartley Craig	651	3.65	-1.93
Total valid votes			17,826	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1957

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	9,843	58.24	9.09
	Liberal	E. Raymond Jones	6,115	36.18	-9.26
	Social Credit	Ike Jones	944	5.59	0.17
Total valid votes			16,902	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1953

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	8,445	49.14	-2.36
	Liberal	Hugh M. Tait	7,809	45.44	+2.36
	Social Credit	George B. McLean	931	5.42	–
Total valid votes			17,185	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1952 by-election

Canadian federal by-election, May 26, 1952 Death of Heber Harold Hatfield on January 3, 1952
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gage Montgomery	9,440	56.92	+1.94
	Liberal	Hugh Tait	7,140	43.08	-1.94
Total valid votes			16,580	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1949

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Harold Hatfield	10,429	54.98	0.49
	Liberal	Daniel Raymond Bishop	8,539	45.02	3.52
Total valid votes			18,968	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1945

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Heber Harold Hatfield	9,365	54.49	–
	Liberal	Roy Frederick Smith	7,132	41.50	-6.24
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Suther Murray O'Regan	689	4.01	–
Total valid votes			17,186	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1940

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Government	Heber Harold Hatfield	7,974	52.26	–
	Liberal	Michael F. McCluskey	7,283	47.74	-0.05
Total valid votes			15,257	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1935

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Patterson	7,500	47.78	7.68
	Conservative	Hugh John Flemming	6,405	40.81	-19.09
	Reconstruction	Richard William L. Earle	1,791	11.41	–
Total valid votes			15,696	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1930

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Franklin Smith	8,628	59.90	6.14
	Liberal	Albion Roudolph Foster	5,776	40.10	-6.14
Total valid votes			14,404	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1927 by-election

Canadian federal by-election, June 16, 1927 Death of James Kidd Flemming on February 10, 1927
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albion Roudolph Foster	Acclaimed
Total valid votes			–
Source: Library of Parliament

1926

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Kidd Flemming	7,865	53.76	-3.87
	Liberal	Albion Roudolph Foster	6,764	46.24	–
Total valid votes			14,629	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1925

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Kidd Flemming	6,859	57.63	12.10
	Independent Liberal Progressive	Thomas Wakem Caldwell	4,958	41.66	–
	Independent	Minnie Bell Sharp	84	0.71	–
Total valid votes			11,901	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1921

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Wakem Caldwell	6,413	54.47	–
	Conservative	Benjamin Franklin Smith	5,361	45.53	–
Total valid votes			11,774	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1919 by-election

Canadian federal by-election, October 17, 1919 Frank Carvell being appointed Chairman of the Railway Commission
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	United Farmers	Thomas Caldwell	6,500	68.74
	Unknown	Weldon Melville	2,956	31.26
Total valid votes			9,456	–
Source: Library of Parliament

1917

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Frank Carvell	acclaimed
Total valid votes			–
Source: Library of Parliament

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
• Website of the Parliament of Canada