1st Prince

{{Short description|Electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island}}

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{{hatnote|First Prince may also be an informal term for the heir apparent to the throne in a monarchy, or for the premier of some countries.}}

{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| province = Prince Edward Island

| image = PEI 1 Prince.gif

| caption =

| prov-status = defunct

| prov-created = 1873

| prov-abolished = 1996

| prov-election-first = 1873

| prov-election-last = 1993

| demo-cd = Prince County

| demo-csd =

}}

1st Prince was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island,{{Cite web |title=not found |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/results/results.php?district=P1&sortorder=dateelected |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=www.electionspei.ca}} which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.

The district comprised the westernmost portion of Prince County. Communities in the district included Alberton and Tignish.

When the provincial electoral districts were reorganized into conventional single-member districts in 1996, 1st Prince was replaced by the districts of Tignish-DeBlois, Alberton-Miminegash and West Point-Bloomfield.

Members

=Dual member=

class="wikitable"

! Assembly

! Years

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=3 | 26th

| 1873

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| George Howlan

| Liberal

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | Stanislaus Perry

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

1873-1875

| rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=4 | Nicholas Conroy

| rowspan=4 | Liberal

1875-1876

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Francis Gallant

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 27th

| 1876-1879

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Edward Hackett

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 28th

| 1879

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | Peter Gavin

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

1879-1882

| rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=3 | Stanislaus Perry

| rowspan=3 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 29th

| 1882-1886

| rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=5 | John Matheson

| rowspan=5 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=3 | 30th

| 1886-1887

1887-1888

|

| colspan="2" | vacant

1888-1890

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | Bernard Donald McLellan

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 31st

| 1890-1893

=Assemblyman-Councillor=

class="wikitable"

! Assembly

! Years

! colspan="2" | Assemblyman

! Party

! colspan="2" | Councillor

! Party

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd

| 1893-1897

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Jeremiah Blanchard

| Conservative

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Benjamin Rogers

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=4 | 33rd

| 1897-1898

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Edward Hackett

| Conservative

| rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=4 | James Birch

| rowspan=4 | Liberal

1898-1899

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Meddie Gallant

| Conservative

1899-1900

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| rowspan=2| Henry Pineau

| Conservative

1900

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th

| 1900-1904

| rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=3 | Benjamin Gallant

| rowspan=3 | Liberal

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Benjamin Rogers

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th

| 1904-1908

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | John Agnew

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 36th

| 1908-1912

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th

| 1912-1915

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Sylvain Gallant

| Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | Charles Dalton

| rowspan=2 | Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th

| 1915-1919

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | Benjamin Gallant

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 39th

| 1919-1923

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | Christopher Metherall

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

1922-1923

| rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=3 | Jeremiah Blanchard

| rowspan=3 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th

| 1923-1927

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Wilfred Tanton

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 41st

| 1927-1931

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Robert H. Gordon

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd

| 1931-1935

| rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=3 | Aeneas Gallant

| rowspan=3 | Liberal

| rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=3 | Thane Campbell

| rowspan=3 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd

| 1935-1939

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th

| 1939-1943

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 45th

| 1943-1945

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Alphonse Bernard

| Liberal

| rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=3 | Fred Ramsay

| rowspan=3 | Liberal

1945-1947

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Clarence Morrissey

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th

| 1947-1951

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Hector Richard

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th

| 1951-1955

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Hubert Gaudet

| Progressive Conservative

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Don Campbell

| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 48th

| 1955-1959

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Prosper Arsenault

| Liberal

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Fred Ramsay

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 49th

| 1959-1962

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Hubert Gaudet

| Progressive Conservative

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}|

| Don Campbell

| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th

| 1962-1966

| rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=2 | Prosper Arsenault

| rowspan=2 | Liberal

| rowspan=9 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=9 | Bob Campbell

| rowspan=9 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 51st

| 1966-1970

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 52nd

| 1970-1974

| rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=4 | Russell Perry

| rowspan=4 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 53rd

| 1974-1978

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 54th

| 1978-1979

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 55th

| 1979-1982

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 56th

| 1982-1986

| rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| rowspan=5 | Bobby Morrissey

| rowspan=5 | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 57th

| 1986-1989

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 58th

| 1989-1992

1992-1993

|

| colspan="2" | vacant

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 59th

| 1993-1996

| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}|

| Hector MacLeod

| Liberal

References