Queen's County (electoral district)
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 Prince Edward Island electoral district |
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| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1873 |
| District abolished | 1892 |
| First contested | By-election 1873 |
| Last contested | 1891 |
Queen's County was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1873 to 1896.
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.
It 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 | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1874 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1878 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| Canadian federal election, 1891 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
