1st Queens

1st Queens

Prince Edward Island electoral district
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)	Queens County

1st Queens 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 until the riding was abolished in 1996 with the elimination of dual member ridings.

The district comprised the westernmost portion of Queens County.

The district holds a unique place in the history of women's participation in Prince Edward Island's provincial politics. In 1970, it elected Jean Canfield to the legislature as the province's first female MLA; ^[1] in 1979, the election of Marion Reid and Leone Bagnall made it the first district in the province's history to elect women to both of its legislative seats. Reid became the province's first female speaker of the legislature; after her retirement from electoral politics she also became the province's first female lieutenant governor. In 1993, the district elected Catherine Callbeck, the province's first female premier.

Members

Dual member

Assembly	Years	Member		Party	Member		Party
26th	1873		Peter Sinclair, Sr.	Liberal		William Stewart	Liberal
	1873–1876		William Campbell	Conservative
27th	1876–1879
28th	1879–1882					Donald Cameron	Conservative
29th	1882–1886					Peter Sinclair, Sr.	Liberal
30th	1886–1890		James Sutherland	Conservative
31st	1890–1891
	1891–1893		Alexander Warburton	Liberal

Assemblyman-Councillor

Assembly	Years	Assemblyman		Party	Councillor		Party
32nd	1893–1897		Alexander Warburton	Liberal		Peter Sinclair, Sr.	Liberal
33rd	1897–1898
	1898–1900		William Campbell	Conservative
34th	1900–1904		Matthew Smith	Liberal		George Simpson	Liberal
35th	1904–1906
	1906–1908					Murdock Kennedy	Conservative
36th	1908–1909		Murdock Kennedy	Conservative		Matthew Smith	Liberal
	1909–1912					Cyrus Crosby	Liberal
37th	1912–1915					John Myers	Conservative
38th	1915–1919					Alexander McNevin	Conservative
39th	1919–1923					Cyrus Crosby	Liberal
40th	1923–1927					Alexander McNevin	Conservative
41st	1927–1931		Peter Sinclair, Jr.	Liberal		Alan Stewart	Liberal
42nd	1931–1935		Thomas Wigmore	Conservative		Walter MacKenzie	Conservative
43rd	1935–1939		Donald McKay	Liberal		Alan Stewart	Liberal
44th	1939–1943
45th	1943–1947		Walter MacKenzie	Progressive Conservative
46th	1947–1951		Frederic Large	Liberal
47th	1951–1955		Frank Myers	Progressive Conservative
48th	1955–1957		Alan Stewart	Liberal		Frederic Large	Liberal
	1957–1959		Frank Myers	Progressive Conservative
49th	1959–1962					Walter Shaw	Progressive Conservative
50th	1962–1966
51st	1966–1970
52nd	1970–1974		Jean Canfield	Liberal		Ralph Johnstone	Liberal
53rd	1974–1978
54th	1978–1979
55th	1979–1982		Marion Reid	Progressive Conservative		Leone Bagnall	Progressive Conservative
56th	1982–1986
57th	1986–1989
58th	1989–1993		Marion Murphy	Liberal
59th	1993–1996					Catherine Callbeck	Liberal

References

1. "Ella Jean Canfield". Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved 3 November 2024.