4th Queens was a provincial electoral district of Prince Edward Island, Canada, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.
The district comprised the southeastern portion of Queens County. It was abolished in 1996 when Prince Edward Island adopted single-member constituencies for the 1996 general election.
History The district was one of the original constituencies created for the 1873 Prince Edward Island general election, the first provincial election after Prince Edward Island joined Confederation. Its first members included David Laird, who later served as the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories and Keewatin.
Like all Prince Edward Island districts of the period, 4th Queens initially elected two members with the undifferentiated title of member. From 1893, the district elected one Assemblyman and one Councillor simultaneously. John Walter Jones, who served as Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1943 to 1953, represented the district as Councillor from 1935 to 1955. Angus MacLean, who served as Premier from 1979 to 1981, held the Councillor seat from 1976 to 1982.
The district was abolished following the adoption of the Electoral Boundaries Act (Royal Assent 19 May 1994), effective at the 1996 general election, with its territory redistributed into Belfast-Murray River and Vernon River-Stratford.
Members
Dual member
Assembly Years Member Party Member Party 26th 1873 David Laird Independent Benjamin Davies Liberal 1873–1876 William Welsh Liberal 27th 1876–1879 John F. Robertson Liberal 28th 1879 James Nicholson Conservative Donald Montgomery Independent 1879–1882 Duncan Crawford Conservative 29th 1882–1884 Donald C. Martin Liberal Angus D. MacMillan Liberal 1884–1886 Alexander Martin Conservative 30th 1886–1888 George Forbes Liberal 1888–1890 Vacant 31st 1890–1893 Hector C. McDonald Liberal
Assemblyman-Councillor
Assembly Years Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 32nd 1893–1897 Hector C. McDonald Liberal George Forbes Liberal 33rd 1897–1899 1899–1900 Angus MacLean Independent 34th 1900–1904 David Irving Liberal 35th 1904–1908 Francis Haszard Liberal 36th 1908–1911 1911–1912 Alexander Macphail Conservative 37th 1912–1915 John S. Martin Conservative 38th 1915–1919 George Forbes Liberal 39th 1919–1923 James Irving Liberal Frederick Nash Liberal 40th 1923–1927 Shaw McMillan Conservative 41st 1927–1928 James Larabee Liberal George Inman Liberal 1928–1931 Callum Bruce Liberal 42nd 1931–1935 43rd 1935–1939 Dougald MacKinnon Liberal John Walter Jones Liberal 44th 1939–1943 45th 1943–1947 46th 1947–1951 47th 1951–1953 1953–1955 Harold Smith Liberal 48th 1955–1959 49th 1959–1962 Stewart Ross Liberal 50th 1962–1966 51st 1966–1970 52nd 1970–1974 Daniel Compton Progressive Conservative 53rd 1974–1976 Vernon MacIntyre Progressive Conservative 1976–1978 Angus MacLean Progressive Conservative 54th 1978–1979 55th 1979–1982 56th 1982–1986 Wilbur MacDonald Progressive Conservative 57th 1986–1989 Lynwood MacPherson Liberal 58th 1989–1993 Alan Buchanan Liberal 59th 1993–1996 Sources: Elections Prince Edward Island.
Further reading
See also List of Prince Edward Island provincial electoral districts Canadian provincial electoral districts
References