West Prince

For the informal name part of Prince Edward Island, see West Prince (locality).

West Prince

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1903
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. 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
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	HACKETT, Edward	1,593
	Liberal	PERRY, S.F.	1,548
	Liberal	YEO, John	321

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

By-election on 27 April 1897
Party		Candidate	Votes
	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
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCLELLAN, B.D.	1,828
	Liberal–Conservative	HACKETT, Ed.	1,512

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	HACKETT, Edward	1,854
	Liberal	MCLELLAN, Bernard Donald	1,845

See also

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

External links

• Riding history for West Prince (1892–1903) from the Library of Parliament