Provincial Electoral Quotient: 13,263
Deviation from Provincial Electoral Quotient: +5.5%
Population (2001 Census): 13, 990

The current electoral district of Carleton is located in the county of Carleton . It includes the Town of Hartland , the Village of Bath , the villages of Bristol , Centreville and Florenceville and also the parishes of Aberdeen , Brighton , Kent , Peel, Simonds, Wicklow and Wilmot.

The Electoral Boundaries and Representation Act requires the Electoral Boundary and Representation Commission to establish the electoral quotient for the province by dividing the total population by the total number of electoral districts. According to the 2001 Census, the population of New Brunswick was 729,498. The Act also establishes that the number of electoral districts will remain unchanged at 55. The electoral quotient (729, 498 divided by 55) is therefore 13,263.

The  Act requires that the population of each electoral district be as close as reasonably possible to the electoral quotient. No electoral district may exceed the electoral quotient by more than 10%. Only in extraordinary circumstances may the population of an electoral district be more than 10% less than the electoral quotient. In more simple terms, no electoral district may have more than a 2001 Census population of 14,589 and only in "extraordinary circumstances" may the population of an electoral district be less than 11,937.