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Queen's was a federal electoral district in
Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...
, Canada, that was represented in the
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from 1904 to 1968.


History

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of
East Prince ''For the rural slang name for southeastern Prince County, Prince Edward Island, see East Prince (locality).'' East Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada fr ...
,
East Queen's East Queen's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of King's County and Queen's County ridings. I ...
and
West Queen's West Queen's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Queen's County riding. It was abolished in ...
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. It elected its MPs through
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.


Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following
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Election results


See also

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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 member ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada 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 provi ...


External links


Riding history for Queen's (1903–1966) from the
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{{coord missing, Prince Edward Island Former federal electoral districts of Prince Edward Island