Queen's (Prince Edward Island federal electoral district)

Queen's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968.

History

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of East Prince, East Queen's and West Queen's ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cardigan, Hillsborough and Malpeque ridings, to take effect at the time of the next election (which took place in 1968).

It consisted of the County of Queen's and elected two members.

In 1914, it was redefined to elect only one member until the British North America Act, 1867, was amended to entitle the province of Prince Edward Island to four members. When that was done, before the next election, Queen's again was entitled to elect two members.

It continued to have two members until it was abolished in 1966. Queen's and the riding of Halifax were the last two multi-member ridings used in Canadian elections.Parliamentary Guide 2011, p. 432-433Norman Ward "Voting in Two-member Constituencies", in Voting in Canada (edited by John C. Courtney), 1967

It elected its MPs through Block Voting.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party Member Party Queen's 10th 1904–1908     Angus Alexander McLean Conservative     Alexander Martin Conservative 11th 1908–1911     Lemuel Prowse Liberal     Alexander B. Warburton Liberal 12th 1911–1917     Angus Alexander McLean Conservative     Donald Nicholson Conservative 13th 1917–1921     John Ewen Sinclair Opposition (Laurier Liberals)     Government (Unionist) 14th 1921–1925     Liberal     Donald Alexander MacKinnon Liberal 15th 1925–1926 Robert Harold Jenkins     John Albert Messervy Conservative 16th 1926–1930     John Ewen Sinclair Liberal 17th 1930–1935     Chester McLure Conservative     John Howard Myers Conservative 18th 1935     James Larabee Liberal     Peter Sinclair Liberal 1935–1940 Charles Avery Dunning 19th 1940–1945 Cyrus Macmillan James Lester Douglas 20th 1945–1949     Chester McLure Progressive Conservative 21st 1949–1951 1951–1953     Angus MacLean Progressive Conservative 22nd 1953–1957     Neil Matheson Liberal 23rd 1957–1958     Heath MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative 24th 1958–1962 25th 1962–1963 26th 1963–1965 27th 1965–1968

Election results

See also List of Canadian electoral districts Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

External links Riding history for Queen's (1903–1966) from the Library of Parliament