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) | Queens County |
3rd 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 to 1993.
The district comprised the northeastern portion of Queens County. It was abolished in 1996.
Assembly | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
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26th | 1873-1876 | Henry Beer | Liberal | Francis Kelly | Conservative | ||
27th | 1876-1879 | ||||||
28th | 1879 | Robert Shaw | Conservative | ||||
1879-1882 | Donald A. MacDonald | Conservative | |||||
29th | 1882-1886 | Henry Beer | Liberal | Donald Ferguson | Conservative | ||
30th | 1886-1890 | Lucius Kelly | Conservative | ||||
31st | 1890-1891 | Frederick Peters | Liberal | ||||
1891-1893 | James Cummiskey | Liberal |
Queens County is a county in the province of Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the largest county in the province by population with 89,770 (2021) and land. Charlottetown is the county seat of Queens County, and is the largest city and the capital of Prince Edward Island.
Alexander Wallace Matheson was a Prince Edward Island politician.
The Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island together with the lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island form the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The Legislative Assembly meets at Province House, which is at the intersection of Richmond and Great George Streets in Charlottetown. Bills passed by the Assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor in the name of the King of Canada.
There have been several electoral districts in Canada named Queen's or Queens.
Flora Minnie Leone Bagnall, was a farmer, teacher and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.
Borden-Kinkora is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Robert Lloyd George MacPhail, was a Canadian politician and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.
Marion Loretta Reid was a Canadian politician who was the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, and the 24th as well as first female Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island.
Belfast is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located in southeastern Queens County in the townships of Lot 57 and Lot 58.
Sherwood is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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.
2nd 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 to 1993.
4th 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 to 1993.
5th 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 to 1993. The district was also known as Charlottetown Common until 1939.
6th 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 1966 to 1993.
Thomas William Lemuel Prowse was a businessman and was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1950 to 1958.
Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlottetown was an unincorporated town until it was incorporated as a city in 1855.
Kingston is a rural municipality in Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is located within Queens County to the west of Charlottetown. The community is mainly farms with a small residential area.
Public Schools Branch (PSB), formerly the English Language School Board or ELSB, is a Canadian school district in Prince Edward Island.