Prince County (electoral district)

Prince 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

Prince 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 1896 when it was redistributed into East Prince and West Prince ridings.

It consisted of Prince County, and elected two members.

Election results

Canadian federal by-election, 29 September 1873
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	James Colledge Pope	acclaimed		X
	Liberal	James Yeo	acclaimed		X
Called as a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation 1 July 1873

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	James Yeo	2,188		X
	Liberal	Stanislaus Francis Perry	1,804		X
	Unknown	John Ramsay	669
	Unknown	F. McNeill	337

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	James Yeo	1,716		X
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward Hackett	1,655		X
	Unknown	C. Howatt	1,605
	Liberal	Stanislaus Francis Perry	1,491

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	James Yeo	2,388		X
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward Hackett	2,325		X
	Liberal	Stanislaus Francis Perry	2,178
	Unknown	D. Rogers	2,134

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	James Yeo	3,184		X
	Liberal	Stanislaus Francis Perry	2,988		X
	Liberal–Conservative	Edward Hackett	2,763
	Conservative	John Lefurgey	2,600

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	John Yeo	3,279		X
	Liberal	Stanislaus Francis Perry	3,182		X
	Conservative	George William Howlan	2,903
	Conservative	Richard Hunt	2,661

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for Prince County (1873–1892) from the Library of Parliament