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King's (Prince Edward Island Electoral District)
King's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1968. History This riding was created from King's County riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Cardigan riding. It initially consisted of the town of Georgetown and other parts of the County of King's. In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the whole of the County of King's. Members of Parliament Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts External links Riding history for King's (1892–1966) from theLibrary of Parliament The Library of Parliament (french: Bibliothèque du Parlement) is the main information repository and research resource for the Parliament of Canada. The main branch of the library sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's (electoral District)
Kings or King's may refer to: *Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings *One of several works known as the "Book of Kings": **The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts **The ''Shahnameh'', an 11th-century epic Persian poem **The Morgan Bible, a French medieval picture Bible **The Pararaton, a 16th-century Javanese history of southeast Asia *The plural of any king Business *Kings Family Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Pennsylvania and Ohio *Kings Food Markets, a chain supermarket in northern New Jersey * King's Favourites, a brand of cigarettes *King's Variety Store, a chain of stores in the USA *King's (defunct discount store), a defunct chain of discount stores in the USA Education *King's College (other), various colleges * King's School (other), various schools * The King's Academy (other), various academies Electoral districts *King's (New Brunswick electoral district) (1867–190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mcisaac
James McIsaac (1854 – April 2, 1927) was a journalist and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He represented King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1921 as a supporter of Sir Robert Borden's Union government. He was born in St Peters Bay, Prince Edward Island, the son of Donald McIsaac and Jane McEachern, and was educated at Saint Dunstan's College and the Université Laval. McIsaac was a journalist in Charlottetown. He was president of the Herald Publishing Company. He ran unsuccessfully in 2nd Kings for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1904 and 1908. McIsaac was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1921. He died in Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ... at the age of 73. References Members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Past Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province. 96 of Ontario's 107 provincial electoral districts, roughly those outside Northern Ontario, remain coterminous with their federal counterparts. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a Grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constituti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Federal Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to Canada's House of Commons every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart, but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2021 federal election on . There are four ridings established by the British North America Act of 1867 that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These ridings, however, have experienced territorial changes since their inception. On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melvin McQuaid
Melvin James McQuaid (6 September 1911 – 16 January 2001) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Souris, Prince Edward Island and became a lawyer and clerk by career. McQuaid attended Saint Dunstan's University, St. Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie Law School. In 1957, he became town clerk for Souris. He served in provincial politics as a Councillor of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 1st Kings District from 1959 to 1962, including functions as provincial treasurer and Attorney General. He was first elected at the King's riding in the 1965 general election, and re-elected at the Cardigan riding in the 1968 election. After serving his terms in the 27th and 28th Canadian Parliaments, McQuaid returned to provincial politics to become leader of the provincial Progressive Conservative party which was the Opposition party. He once again became a Councillor for the 1st Kings electoral distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mullally
John Cooney Mullally (28 November 1930 – 7 February 2021) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a teacher by career. He was first elected at the King's riding in the 1963 general election. After serving only one term in office, the 26th Canadian Parliament, Mullally was defeated at King's riding in the 1965 election by Melvin McQuaid Melvin James McQuaid (6 September 1911 – 16 January 2001) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Souris, Prince Edward Island and became a lawyer and clerk by career. McQuaid attended ... of the Progressive Conservative party. Mullally faced McQuaid again in the 1968 federal election, that time at Cardigan because of riding boundary changes in the late 1960s. Mullally once again lost to McQuaid. Mullally died on 7 February 2021 at the age of 90. References External links * 1930 births 2021 deaths Members of the House of Commons of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Mary Macdonald
Margaret Mary Macdonald was a Canadian politician. On May 29, 1961 she became the first woman to represent Prince Edward Island in the House of Commons of Canada. She first won representation for the electoral district of King's at the House of Commons in a by-election in 1961, a seat vacated by the death of her husband John Augustine Macdonald. Macdonald successfully retained her seat in the 1962 federal election. She was defeated by Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ... John Mullally in the 1963 federal election. References External links * 1910 births 1968 deaths Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island Women members of the House o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Augustine Macdonald
John Augustine Macdonald (4 February 1913 – 4 January 1961) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Cardigan, Prince Edward Island becoming a potato grower, general merchant, produce dealer by career. His father was John Alexander Macdonald, a provincial politician then a federal Member of Parliament and Senator. The younger Macdonald served in World War II, commanding the Prince Edward Island Regiment. He was injured at Normandy in July 1944 and returned to Prince Edward Island. He won a seat at the 3rd Kings riding in a 1945 provincial by-election despite remaining in hospital recovering from his war injuries. He lost his riding in the 1947 provincial election, but returned to the provincial legislature in a 1951 election victory after which he became his party's whip and finance critic. As a merchant, Macdonald became J. A. MacDonald & Co. Ltd.'s President and was a director for Associated Shippers, Inc. He also serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Joseph Kickham
Thomas Joseph Kickham (March 11, 1901 – December 1, 1974) was a farmer, trader and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1943 to 1949 and King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1957 as a Liberal. Kickham sat for Cardigan division in the Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ... from 1966 to 1974. He was born in Souris West, Prince Edward Island, the son of Richard Kickham and Alice Landrigan, and was educated at Saint Dunstan's College. In 1943, he married Mabel MacDonald. Kickham resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1949 to run for a seat in the House of Commons. He ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the House of Commons in 1957, 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Vincent Grant
Thomas Vincent Grant (December 21, 1876 – December 24, 1966) was a physician, educator and political figure in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1927 to 1930 and King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949 as a Liberal. Grant sat for Montague division in the Senate of Canada from 1949 to 1965. He was born in Peakes Station, Prince Edward Island, the son of Allan Grant and Mary Fisher, and was educated there and at Prince of Wales College. He taught school for several years and then was hired by the Charlottetown Post Office. In 1902, he married Minnie Donovan. He later worked as an insurance agent, then attended medical college in Boston and practiced medicine in Cardigan, Vernon River and Montague. He was coroner for Kings County from 1920 to 1930. Grant served in the province's Executive Council as a minister without portfolio from 1927 to 1930. He resigned his seat in the provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austin Levi Fraser
Austin Levi Fraser (March 17, 1868 – April 22, 1946) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1904 to 1908 and King's in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1911 as a Conservative member. He was born in Vernon River, Prince Edward Island, the son of Edward F. Fraser and Florence MacIsaac, and was educated at Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan's College. He taught school for several years, then studied law in the office of Francis Haszard and was admitted to the bar in 1900. In 1901, he married Maud Adelaide Moar and set up practice in Souris. Fraser resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1908 to run for a seat in the House of Commons. He was defeated by James Joseph Hughes James Joseph Hughes (August 15, 1856 – March 5, 1941) was a Canadian politician. Born in St. Mary's Road, Prince Edward Island, Hughes was the son of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
