Queen's County (electoral district)

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Queen's County
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1873
District abolished1892
First contestedBy-election 1873
Last contested 1891

Queen'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.

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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 Prince, East Queen's and West Queen's ridings. In 1904 the two-seat riding of Queen's was created.

The riding of Queen's County consisted of Queen's County, and elected two members.

Election results

Canadian federal by-election, 29 September 1873
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal David Laird acclaimedX
Liberal Peter Sinclair acclaimedX
Canadian federal by-election, 3 December 1873
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal David Laird acclaimedX
Called upon Mr. Laird being appointed Minister of the Interior, 7 November 1873

Template:1874 Canadian federal election/Queen's County

Canadian federal by-election, 22 November 1876
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative James Colledge Pope 3,199
Unknown William Welsh 3,111
Called upon Mr. Laird being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories, 7 October 1876
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Conservative James Colledge Pope 3,275X
Conservative Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken 3,102X
Liberal Peter Sinclair 2,392
UnknownMr. McGill2,272
Canadian federal by-election, 9 November 1878
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative James Colledge Pope acclaimed
Called upon Mr. Pope being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 19 October 1878
1882 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal Louis Henry Davies 3,164X
Liberal–Conservative John Theophilus Jenkins 3,122X
Conservative Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken 3,120
UnknownD. Laird2,759
Canadian federal by-election, 27 February 1883
PartyCandidateVotes
Conservative Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken acclaimed
Called upon Mr. Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken.
Canadian federal by-election, 19 August 1884
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative John Theophilus Jenkins 3,428
Unknown William Welsh 3,388
On Mr. Brecken being appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown, August 1884
1887 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal Louis Henry Davies 4,382X
Independent Liberal William Welsh 4,314X
Conservative Donald Ferguson 3,599
Conservative William Campbell3,430
1891 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotesElected
Liberal Louis Henry Davies 4,006X
Independent Liberal William Welsh 3,854X
Conservative Patrick Blake3,669
Conservative Donald Ferguson 3,521

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