Queen's Park is one of the largest parks that is in

Bournemouth Bournemouth () is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council area of Dorset, England. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest town in Dorset. It is situated on the Southern ...

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

. It is home to Queen's Park Golf course. Its also name of the suburb the park is in.

History

The coronation of

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and his Queen,

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was scheduled to take place on 26 June 1902. to mark the occasion, Bournemouth Council agreed on 20 May 1902 to rename common No 59 as " King's Park" and common No 60 as "Queen's Park". The coronation was postponed until August when the King suffered an attack of

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on 25 June.

Politics

Queen's Park is part of the Queen's Park ward for elections to

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which elect two councillors. Queen's Park is part of the

Bournemouth East Bournemouth East is a parliamentary constituency in Dorset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Tobias Ellwood, a Conservative. Constituency profile The seat is mostly home to White British people and covers ...

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, for elections to the

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References

Areas of Bournemouth Parks and open spaces in Dorset {{Golf-stub