King's County (electoral district)

King's County

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1873
District abolished	1892
First contested	By-election 1873
Last contested	1891

King's County was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1873 to 1896. This riding was created in 1873 when Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation. It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into East Queen's and King's ridings.

It consisted of King's County, and elected two members.

Election results

By-election on 29 September 1873 As a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation 1 July 1873
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Daniel Davies	acclaimed
	Liberal–Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	acclaimed

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Daniel Davies	1,704	–	X
	Liberal	Peter Adolphus McIntyre	1,530	–	X
	Liberal–Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	1,496	–
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v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	2,264	–	X
	Conservative	Ephraim Bell Muttart	2,077	–	X
	Liberal	Peter Adolphus McIntyre	1,499	–
	Unknown	Malcolm McFadyen	1,251	–

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Peter Adolphus McIntyre	2,124	–	X
	Liberal	James Edwin Robertson	2,002	–	X
	Liberal–Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	1,941	–
	Conservative	Ephraim Bell Muttart	1,854	–

By-election on 26 April 1883 Mr. Robertson was declared not duly elected on the grounds that he was a member of the Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly at the time of the election. The seat was adjudicated to Mr. MacDonald.
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	acclaimed

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	J.E. Robertson	2,434	–	X
	Liberal	Peter Adolphus McIntyre	2,431	–	X
	Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	2,398	–
	Conservative	Ephraim Bell Muttart	2,355	–

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	John McLean	2,624	–	X
	Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	2,514	–	X
	Liberal	Peter Adolphus McIntyre	2,369	–
	Liberal	James Edwin Robertson	2,276	–

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history for King's County (1873–1892) from the Library of Parliament