West Prince

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West Prince
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created1892
District abolished1903
First contested 1896
Last contested 1900

West Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904.

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This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Prince County ridings.

It was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed into Prince and Queen's ridings.

It consisted of the western part of Prince County.

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative HACKETT, Edward 1,593
Liberal PERRY, S.F.1,548
Liberal YEO, John321

By-election: On election being declared void, 24 March 1897

By-election on 27 April 1897
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal PERRY, S.F. 1,614
Liberal–Conservative HACKETT, Ed.1,527

By-election: On Mr. Perry's death, 24 February 1898

By-election on 13 April 1898
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal MCLELLAN, B.D. 1,828
Liberal–Conservative HACKETT, Ed.1,512
1900 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes
Liberal–Conservative HACKETT, Edward1,854
Liberal MCLELLAN, Bernard Donald1,845

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