West Prince
West Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904.
 Prince Edward Island electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1892 |
| District abolished | 1903 |
| First contested | 1896 |
| Last contested | 1900 |
- For the rural slang name for northwestern Prince Edward Island, see West Prince (locality).
This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Prince County ridings.
It was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed into Prince and Queen's ridings.
It consisted of the western part of Prince County.
Election results
| 1896 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | HACKETT, Edward | 1,593 | ||||||
| Liberal | PERRY, S.F. | 1,548 | ||||||
| Liberal | YEO, John | 321 | ||||||
By-election: On election being declared void, 24 March 1897
| By-election on 27 April 1897 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | PERRY, S.F. | 1,614 | |||
| Liberal–Conservative | HACKETT, Ed. | 1,527 | |||
By-election: On Mr. Perry's death, 24 February 1898
| By-election on 13 April 1898 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | MCLELLAN, B.D. | 1,828 | |||
| Liberal–Conservative | HACKETT, Ed. | 1,512 | |||
| 1900 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | HACKETT, Edward | 1,854 | ||||||
| Liberal | MCLELLAN, Bernard Donald | 1,845 | ||||||
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