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 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
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| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island |
| District created | 1873 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1873 |
| Last contested | 1993 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division(s) | Queens County |
1st Queens was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 until the riding was abolished in 1996 with the elimination of dual member ridings.
The district comprised the westernmost portion of Queens County.
The district holds a unique place in the history of women's participation in Prince Edward Island's provincial politics. In 1970, it elected Jean Canfield to the legislature as the province's first female MLA; in 1979, the election of Marion Reid and Leone Bagnall made it the first district in the province's history to elect women to both of its legislative seats. Reid became the province's first female speaker of the legislature; after her retirement from electoral politics she also became the province's first female lieutenant governor. In 1993, the district elected Catherine Callbeck, the province's first female premier.
Members
Dual member
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26th | 1873 | Peter Sinclair, Sr. | Liberal | William Stewart | Liberal | ||
| 1873–1876 | William Campbell | Conservative | |||||
| 27th | 1876–1879 | ||||||
| 28th | 1879–1882 | Donald Cameron | Conservative | ||||
| 29th | 1882–1886 | Peter Sinclair, Sr. | Liberal | ||||
| 30th | 1886–1890 | James Sutherland | Conservative | ||||
| 31st | 1890–1891 | ||||||
| 1891–1893 | Alexander Warburton | Liberal | |||||
Assemblyman-Councillor
References
- "Ella Jean Canfield". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 November 2024.