Queen's County (electoral district)

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.

Queen'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

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
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	David Laird	acclaimed	X
	Liberal	Peter Sinclair	acclaimed	X

Canadian federal by-election, 3 December 1873
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	David Laird	acclaimed	X
Called upon Mr. Laird being appointed Minister of the Interior, 7 November 1873

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	David Laird	acclaimed	X
	Liberal	Peter Sinclair	acclaimed	X

Canadian federal by-election, 22 November 1876
Party	Candidate	Votes
	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
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	James Colledge Pope	3,275	X
	Conservative	Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken	3,102	X
	Liberal	Peter Sinclair	2,392
	Unknown	Mr. McGill	2,272

Canadian federal by-election, 9 November 1878
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James Colledge Pope	acclaimed
Called upon Mr. Pope being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 19 October 1878

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Louis Henry Davies	3,164	X
	Liberal–Conservative	John Theophilus Jenkins	3,122	X
	Conservative	Frederick de Sainte-Croix Brecken	3,120
	Unknown	D. Laird	2,759

Canadian federal by-election, 27 February 1883
Party	Candidate	Votes
	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
Party	Candidate	Votes
	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
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Louis Henry Davies	4,382	X
	Independent Liberal	William Welsh	4,314	–	X
	Conservative	Donald Ferguson	3,599
	Conservative	William Campbell	3,430

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	Louis Henry Davies	4,006	X
	Independent Liberal	William Welsh	3,854	X
	Conservative	Patrick Blake	3,669
	Conservative	Donald Ferguson	3,521

See also

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

External links

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