Prince Edward (electoral district)
Encyclopedia
Prince Edward was a federal electoral district
in Ontario
, Canada
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prince Edward.
The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Prince Edward—Lennox
riding.
|Liberal
|Walter ROSS
|align="right"| 1,779
|Conservative
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
|align="right"| 942
|-
|Liberal
|Walter ROSS
|align="right"| 1,759
|Conservative
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
|align="right"| 1,625
|-
|Liberal
|Walter ROSS
|align="right"| 1,775
|Conservative
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
|align="right"| 1,649
|-
|Conservative
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
|align="right"| 1,991
|Liberal
|John M. PLATT
|align="right"| 1,701
|-
|Liberal
|John M. PLATT
|align="right"| 1,944
|Conservative
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
|align="right"| 1,925
|-
|Liberal
|John M. PLATT
|align="right"| 2,222
|Unknown
|Robert CLAPP
|align="right"|2,151
By-election: On election being declared void:
|-
|Liberal
|John M. PLATT
|align="right"| 2,198
|Unknown
|Robert CLAPP
|align="right"| 1,971
|-
|Conservative
|Archibald Campbell MILLER
|align="right"| 2,264
|Liberal
|John M. PLATT
|align="right"| 2,225
By-election: On election being declared void:
|-
|Conservative
|Archibald Campbell MILLER
|align="right"| acclaimed
|-
|Patrons of Industry
|Wm. Varney PETTET
|align="right"|2,188
|Conservative
|W. BOULTER
|align="right"|1,967
|-
|Conservative
|George Oscar ALCORN
|align="right"|2,148
|Liberal
|William V. PETTET
|align="right"| 2,080
|-
|Conservative
|George Oscar ALCORN
|align="right"| 2,253
|Liberal
| ROSE
|align="right"| 2,107
|-
|Liberal
|Morley CURRIE
|align="right"| 2,341
|Conservative
|George Oscar ALCORN
|align="right"| 2,204
|-
|Conservative
|Bernard Rickart HEPBURN
|align="right"|2,304
|Liberal
|Morley CURRIE
|align="right"|2,024
|-
|Government
|William Bernard Rickart HEPBURN
|align="right"| 3,231
|Opposition
|Herbert HORSEY
|align="right"| 1,755
|-
|Conservative
|John HUBBS
|align="right"| 3,839
|Progressive
|James Redner ANDERSON
|align="right"|2,730
|Liberal
|Herbert HORSEY
|align="right"|2,357
Electoral district (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
in Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of the County of Prince Edward.
The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Prince Edward—Lennox
Prince Edward—Lennox
Prince Edward-Lennox was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario...
riding.
Electoral history
|-|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Walter ROSS
Walter Ross
Walter Ross was a Canadian businessman and political figure who represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867-1878....
|align="right"| 1,779
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
James Simeon McCuaig
James Simeon McCuaig was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1872, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.He was born in Picton in Upper Canada in 1819, the son of...
|align="right"| 942
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Walter ROSS
Walter Ross
Walter Ross was a Canadian businessman and political figure who represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867-1878....
|align="right"| 1,759
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
James Simeon McCuaig
James Simeon McCuaig was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1872, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.He was born in Picton in Upper Canada in 1819, the son of...
|align="right"| 1,625
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Walter ROSS
Walter Ross
Walter Ross was a Canadian businessman and political figure who represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867-1878....
|align="right"| 1,775
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
|align="right"| 1,649
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
James Simeon McCuaig
James Simeon McCuaig was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1872, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.He was born in Picton in Upper Canada in 1819, the son of...
|align="right"| 1,991
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|John M. PLATT
John Milton Platt
John Milton Platt was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"| 1,701
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|John M. PLATT
John Milton Platt
John Milton Platt was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"| 1,944
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|James Simeon MCCUAIG
James Simeon McCuaig
James Simeon McCuaig was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1872, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.He was born in Picton in Upper Canada in 1819, the son of...
|align="right"| 1,925
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|John M. PLATT
John Milton Platt
John Milton Platt was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"| 2,222
|Unknown
|Robert CLAPP
|align="right"|2,151
By-election: On election being declared void:
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|John M. PLATT
John Milton Platt
John Milton Platt was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"| 2,198
|Unknown
|Robert CLAPP
|align="right"| 1,971
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|Archibald Campbell MILLER
Archibald Campbell Miller
Archibald Campbell Miller was a farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons from 1891 to 1896 as a Conservative member....
|align="right"| 2,264
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|John M. PLATT
John Milton Platt
John Milton Platt was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"| 2,225
By-election: On election being declared void:
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|Archibald Campbell MILLER
|align="right"| acclaimed
|-
|Patrons of Industry
Patrons of Industry
The Grand Association of the Patrons of Industry in Ontario was a Canadian farmers' organization formed in 1890 that cooperated with the urban labour movement to address the political frustrations of both groups with big business....
|Wm. Varney PETTET
William Varney Pettet
William Varney Pettet was a farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1900 as a Patrons of Industry member....
|align="right"|2,188
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|W. BOULTER
|align="right"|1,967
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|George Oscar ALCORN
George Oscar Alcorn
George Oscar Alcorn was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Lennoxville, Canada East, the son of Thomas Coke Alcorn and Martha A. Bartlett, he was educated at the Toronto Grammar and Model Grammar Schools. A lawyer, he was admitted to the Bar in 1871 and was created a King's Counsel in 1890...
|align="right"|2,148
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|William V. PETTET
|align="right"| 2,080
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|George Oscar ALCORN
|align="right"| 2,253
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
| ROSE
|align="right"| 2,107
|-
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Morley CURRIE
Morley Currie
Morley Currie was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1908 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member....
|align="right"| 2,341
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|George Oscar ALCORN
|align="right"| 2,204
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|Bernard Rickart HEPBURN
Bernard Rickart Hepburn
Bernard Rickart Hepburn was born in Picton, Ontario.The son of A.W. Hepburn and the former Miss McCuaig, he was educated in Picton and Port Hope. In 1901, he married Bertha E. Wright....
|align="right"|2,304
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Morley CURRIE
|align="right"|2,024
|-
|Government
|William Bernard Rickart HEPBURN
|align="right"| 3,231
|Opposition
Laurier Liberals
Prior to the 1917 federal election in Canada, the Liberal Party of Canada split into two factions:* the Laurier Liberals, who opposed conscription of soldiers to support Canada's involvement in World War I and who were led by former Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier; and* the Liberal Unionists who...
|Herbert HORSEY
Henry Herbert Horsey
Henry Herbert Horsey was a Canadian Senator.Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Henry Hodge Horsey and Amey Ann Rose, Horsey attended Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario where he was noted as a scholar and athlete as a member of the school's championship rugby teams. He went into business in...
|align="right"| 1,755
|-
|Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
|John HUBBS
|align="right"| 3,839
|Progressive
Progressive Party of Canada
The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces and, in Manitoba, ran candidates and formed governments as the Progressive Party of Manitoba...
|James Redner ANDERSON
|align="right"|2,730
|Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
|Herbert HORSEY
Henry Herbert Horsey
Henry Herbert Horsey was a Canadian Senator.Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Henry Hodge Horsey and Amey Ann Rose, Horsey attended Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario where he was noted as a scholar and athlete as a member of the school's championship rugby teams. He went into business in...
|align="right"|2,357
See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts