Queen's (Prince Edward Island federal electoral district)

Queen's
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1903
District abolished1966
First contested1904
Last contested1965

Queen's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968.

History

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of East Prince, East Queen's and West Queen's ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Cardigan, Hillsborough and Malpeque ridings, to take effect at the time of the next election (which took place in 1968). It consisted of the County of Queen's and elected two members. In 1914, it was redefined to elect only one member unless the British North America Act, 1867, were amended to entitle the province of Prince Edward Island to four members. When that happened, before the next election, Queen's again was entitled to elect two members. It continued to have two members until it was abolished in 1966. Queen's and the riding of Halifax were the last two multi-member ridings used in Canadian elections.[1][2]

It elected its MPs through Block Voting.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party Member Party
Queen's
10th 1904–1908     Angus Alexander McLean Conservative     Alexander Martin Conservative
11th 1908–1911     Lemuel Prowse Liberal     Alexander B. Warburton Liberal
12th 1911–1917     Angus Alexander McLean Conservative     Donald Nicholson Conservative
13th 1917–1921     John Ewen Sinclair Opposition (Laurier Liberals)     Government (Unionist)
14th 1921–1925     Liberal     Donald Alexander MacKinnon Liberal
15th 1925–1926 Robert Harold Jenkins     John Albert Messervy Conservative
16th 1926–1930     John Ewen Sinclair Liberal
17th 1930–1935     Chester McLure Conservative     John Howard Myers Conservative
18th 1935     James Larabee Liberal     Peter Sinclair Liberal
1935-1940 Charles Avery Dunning
19th 1940–1945 Cyrus Macmillan James Lester Douglas
20th 1945–1949     Chester McLure Progressive Conservative
21st 1949–1951
1951–1953     Angus MacLean Progressive Conservative
22nd 1953–1957     Neil Matheson Liberal
23rd 1957–1958     Heath MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative
24th 1958–1962
25th 1962–1963
26th 1963–1965
27th 1965–1968

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Conservative Angus Alexander McLean 4,522 – X
Conservative Alexander Martin 4,367 – X
Liberal Lemuel Prowse 4,286 –  
Liberal Alexander B. Warburton 4,094 –  
1908 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Lemuel Prowse 4,290 – X
Liberal Alexander B. Warburton 4,196 – X
Conservative Angus A. McLean 4,145 –  
Conservative Alexander Martin 4,113 –  
1911 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Conservative Angus Alexander McLean 4,392 – X
Conservative Donald Nicholson 4,308 – X
Liberal Alexander Bannerman Warburton 4,016 –  
Liberal Lemuel Ezra Prowse 3,915 –  
1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Government (Unionist) Donald Nicholson 5,435 – X
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) John Ewen Sinclair 5,377 – X
Government (Unionist) Alexander Martin 5,374 –  
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Alexander Bannerman Warburton 5,276 –  
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal John Ewen Sinclair 7,367 – X
Liberal Donald Alexander MacKinnon 6,824 – X
Conservative John Howard Myers 6,017 –  
Conservative Donald McKinnon 5,808 –  
Labour Picton Simons Brown 2,537 –  
Progressive John Walter Jones 1,883 –  
1925 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Robert Harold Jenkins 8,167 – X
Conservative John Albert Messervy 7,432 – X
Liberal John Ewen Sinclair 7,400 –  
Unknown Donald McKinnon 7,392 –  
1926 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Robert Harold Jenkins 9,006 – X
Liberal John Ewen Sinclair 8,625 – X
Conservative John Albert Messervy 8,124 –  
Conservative John Howard Myers 8,123 –  
1930 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Conservative Chester McLure 9,310 – X
Conservative John Howard Myers 9,178 – X
Liberal R. Harold Jenkins 8,767 –  
Liberal Hon. Cyrus MacMillan 8,482 –  
1935 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal J. James Larabee 10,326 – X
Liberal Peter Sinclair 10,303 – X
Conservative Chester McLure 7,767 –  
Conservative John H. Myers 7,262 –  
Reconstruction Bernard H. Hughes 1,004 –  
Reconstruction Earl Ings 836 –  
By-election on 30 December 1935

Larabee resigned and became a Fisheries Protection Service
officer for Prince Edward Island, 18 December 1935.

Party Candidate Votes


Liberal Hon. Charles Avery Dunning acclaimed
1940 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Cyrus MacMillan 10,511 – X
Liberal James Lester Douglas 10,411 – X
National Government John Orlebar Hyndman 9,206 –  
National Government Winfield Chester Scott McLure 8,974 –  
1945 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal J. Lester Douglas 9,570 – X
Progressive Conservative Chester McLure 9,253 – X
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 9,213 –  
Liberal Cyrus J. MacMillan 9,125 –  
Co-operative Commonwealth Leo James Bradley 868 –  
Co-operative Commonwealth Allan Joseph Callaghan 589 –  
1949 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Progressive Conservative Chester McLure 10,657 – X
Liberal James Lester Douglas 10,652 – X
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 10,016 –  
Liberal Cecil Allan Miller 9,742 –  
Co-operative Commonwealth Lorne Ellsworth Houston 444 –  
By-election on 25 June 1951

On Mr. Douglas' death, 30 September 1950

Party Candidate Votes


Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 9,540
Liberal Cecil Allen Miller 9,087
1953 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Liberal Neil Matheson 10,351 – X
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 10,086 – X
Liberal Cecil Allan Miller 9,991 –  
Progressive Conservative Chester McLure 9,946 –  
1957 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 11,597 – X
Progressive Conservative Heath MacQuarrie 10,651 – X
Liberal Neil Matheson 9,725 –  
Liberal Cecil A. Miller 9,406 –  
Co-operative Commonwealth Murdoch Macleod 254 –  
1958 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 13,969 – X
Progressive Conservative Heath MacQuarrie 13,480 – X
Liberal Ernest D. Reid 7,787 –  
Liberal J.O.C. Campbell 7,540 –  
1962 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 12,117 – X
Progressive Conservative Heath MacQuarrie 11,590 – X
Liberal Ira C. Lewis 9,372 –  
Liberal Allison M. Gillis 9,356 –  
New Democratic Leo P. MacIsaac 1,403 –  
New Democratic Wilfred N. Inman 1,197 –  
1963 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 11,666 – X
Progressive Conservative Heath MacQuarrie 11,608 – X
Liberal Ira Lewis 9,257 –  
Liberal Allison M. Gillis 9,144 –  
New Democratic Alexander MacLean 567 –  
New Democratic Leonard E. Arsenault 264 –  
1965 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % Elected
Progressive Conservative Angus MacLean 12,588 – X
Progressive Conservative Heath MacQuarrie 12,305 – X
Liberal Mark MacGuigan 9,626 –  
Liberal B.B. Jones 9,143 –  
New Democratic Alexander MacLean 670 –  
New Democratic Douglas MacFarlane 303 –  

See also

References

  1. ^ Parliamentary Guide 2011, p. 432-433
  2. ^ Norman Ward "Voting in Two-member Constituencies", in Voting in Canada (edited by John C. Courtney), 1967


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