Queen's County (electoral district)

**Queen's County**
Prince Edward Island electoral district

Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1873
District abolished	1892
First contested	1873
Last contested	1896

Queen's County was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1873 to 1896.

This riding was created in 1873 when Prince Edward Island joined the Canadian Confederation.

It was abolished in 1892 when it was redistributed into East Prince, East Queen's and West Queen's ridings.

It consisted of Queen's County, and elected two members.

[edit] Election results

By-election: On Mr. Laird being appointed Minister of the Interior, 7 November 1873

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 3 December 1873
	Liberal	LAIRD, David	acclaimed

By-election: On Mr. Laird being appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories, 7 October 1876

Canadian federal election, 1878
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Conservative	POPE, James Colledge	3,275	X
	Conservative	BRECKEN, Frederick de Sainte-Croix	3,102	X
	Liberal	SINCLAIR,	2,392
	Unknown	MCGILL,	2,272

By-election: On Mr. Pope being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 19 October 1878

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 9 November 1878
	Conservative	POPE, Hon. James Colledge	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1882
Party		Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	DAVIES, Louis Henry	3,164	X
	Liberal-Conservative	JENKINS, John Theophilus	3,122	X
	Conservative	BRECKEN, Frederick de Sainte-Croix	3,120
	Unknown	LAIRD, D.	2,759

By-election: On Mr. Jenkins' election being declared void, the seat was adjudicated to Mr. Brecken.

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 27 February 1883
	Conservative	BRECKEN, Frederick de Sainte-Croix

By-election: On Mr. Brecken being appointed Postmaster of Charlottetown, August 1884