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Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
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Defunct provincial electoral district | |
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
District created | 1873 |
District abolished | 1996 |
First contested | 1873 |
Last contested | 1993 |
Demographics | |
Census division(s) | Prince County |
1st Prince was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, [1] which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.
The district comprised the westernmost portion of Prince County. Communities in the district included Alberton and Tignish.
When the provincial electoral districts were reorganized into conventional single-member districts in 1996, 1st Prince was replaced by the districts of Tignish-DeBlois, Alberton-Miminegash and West Point-Bloomfield.
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
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26th | 1873 | George Howlan | Liberal | Stanislaus Perry | Liberal | ||
1873-1875 | Nicholas Conroy | Liberal | |||||
1875-1876 | Francis Gallant | Conservative | |||||
27th | 1876-1879 | Edward Hackett | Conservative | ||||
28th | 1879 | Peter Gavin | Conservative | ||||
1879-1882 | Stanislaus Perry | Liberal | |||||
29th | 1882-1886 | John Matheson | Liberal | ||||
30th | 1886-1887 | ||||||
1887-1888 | vacant | ||||||
1888-1890 | Bernard Donald McLellan | Liberal | |||||
31st | 1890-1893 |
Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Its population in 2021 was 35,925.
Tignish is a Canadian town located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island.
Alberton is a Canadian town located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is situated in the western part of the county in the township of Lot 5.
Prince County is located in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. The county's defining geographic feature is Malpeque Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which creates the narrowest portion of Prince Edward Island's landmass, an isthmus upon which the city of Summerside is located.
Miminegash is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Alberton and 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Tignish. It is part of a small area in Lot 3 known as either the St. Louis, Palmer Road, or Miminegash area. This area is often associated with Tignish due to the shared Acadian roots between these areas.
Joseph Alphonse Bernard, which later evolved into the anglicized Joseph Alphonsus, was the 16th and first Acadian Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, serving between 1945 and 1950.
Pridham Road, labelled Route 154, is a 2-lane collector highway in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is near the town of Alberton. Its maximum speed limit is 80 km/h (50 mph).
Palmer Road, labelled Route 156, is a 2-lane collector highway in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is between the communities of Tignish and Miminegash. Its maximum speed limit is 80 km/h (50 mph). The road is considered part of two larger communities, Tignish and Miminegash.
Greenmount Road, labelled Route 153, is a 2-lane collector highway in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is between the communities of Tignish and Alberton. Its maximum speed limit is 90 km/h (56 mph). The road is considered part of two larger communities, Tignish and Alberton.
Westisle Composite High School is a Canadian secondary school in, Rosebank, Prince County, Prince Edward Island.
Merritt E. Callaghan Intermediate School is an intermediate school providing education for 7th to 9th grade students in the Tignish, Alberton, St. Louis, and Miminegash areas of western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of the Public Schools Branch of PEI. The school is named after the late Merritt Edwin Callaghan, a former educator.
Alberton-Roseville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly known as Alberton-Miminegash from 1996 to 2007.
Tignish-Palmer Road is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It was formerly Tignish-DeBlois from 1996 to 2007.
Neil J. LeClair is a Canadian politician.
Robert Joseph Morrissey is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Egmont in the House of Commons of Canada. He is a member of the Liberal Party.
Patrick "Pat" William Murphy is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Alberton-Roseville in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2019.
Peter Gavin was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1879 to 1883 as a Conservative member.
St. Louis is a municipality that holds community status in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Route 12 is a 112 km (70 mi), two-lane, uncontrolled-access, secondary highway in western Prince Edward Island, Canada. Its southern terminus is at Route 11 in Miscouche and its northern terminus is at the North Cape Hiking Trail in Tignish. The route parallels Route 2 as it travels toward the North Cape.
Alberton-Bloomfield is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada. The district was contested for the first time in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election. It was created largely from the previous riding Alberton-Roseville, with relatively small adjustments to the former's boundaries.