1st Prince

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1st Prince
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1873
District abolished1996
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, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.

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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.

Members

Dual member

AssemblyYearsMemberPartyMemberParty
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
1887-1888vacant
1888-1890 Bernard Donald McLellan Liberal
31st 1890-1893

Assemblyman-Councillor

AssemblyYearsAssemblymanPartyCouncillorParty
32nd 1893-1897 Jeremiah Blanchard Conservative Benjamin Rogers Liberal
33rd 1897-1898 Edward Hackett Conservative James Birch Liberal
1898-1899 Meddie Gallant Conservative
1899-1900 Henry Pineau Conservative
1900 Liberal
34th 1900-1904 Benjamin Gallant Liberal Benjamin Rogers Liberal
35th 1904-1908 John Agnew Liberal
36th 1908-1912
37th 1912-1915 Sylvain Gallant Conservative Charles Dalton Conservative
38th 1915-1919 Benjamin Gallant Liberal
39th 1919-1923 Christopher Metherall Liberal
1922-1923 Jeremiah Blanchard Liberal
40th 1923-1927 Wilfred Tanton Conservative
41st 1927-1931 Robert H. Gordon Liberal
42nd 1931-1935 Aeneas Gallant Liberal Thane Campbell Liberal
43rd 1935-1939
44th 1939-1943
45th 1943-1945 Alphonse Bernard Liberal Fred Ramsay Liberal
1945-1947 Clarence Morrissey Liberal
46th 1947-1951 Hector Richard Liberal
47th 1951-1955 Hubert Gaudet Progressive Conservative Don Campbell Progressive Conservative
48th 1955-1959 Prosper Arsenault Liberal Fred Ramsay Liberal
49th 1959-1962 Hubert Gaudet Progressive Conservative Don Campbell Progressive Conservative
50th 1962-1966 Prosper Arsenault Liberal Bob Campbell Liberal
51st 1966-1970
52nd 1970-1974 Russell Perry Liberal
53rd 1974-1978
54th 1978-1979
55th 1979-1982
56th 1982-1986 Bobby Morrissey Liberal
57th 1986-1989
58th 1989-1992
1992-1993vacant
59th 1993-1996 Hector MacLeod Liberal

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