1st Queens

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{{Infobox Canada electoral district

| province = Prince Edward Island

| image = PEI 1 Queens.gif

| caption =

| prov-status = defunct

| prov-created = 1873

| prov-abolished = 1996

| prov-election-first = 1873

| prov-election-last = 1993

| demo-cd = Queens County

| demo-csd =

}}

1st Queens was an electoral district in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 until the riding was abolished in 1996 with the elimination of dual member ridings.

The district comprised the westernmost portion of Queens County.

The district holds a unique place in the history of women's participation in Prince Edward Island's provincial politics. In 1970, it elected Jean Canfield to the legislature as the province's first female MLA;{{cite web|url=https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/nlc-bnc/celebrating_women-ef/women97/ecnfield.htm|title=Ella Jean Canfield|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=3 November 2024}} in 1979, the election of Marion Reid and Leone Bagnall made it the first district in the province's history to elect women to both of its legislative seats. Reid became the province's first female speaker of the legislature; after her retirement from electoral politics she also became the province's first female lieutenant governor. In 1993, the district elected Catherine Callbeck, the province's first female premier.

Members

=Dual member=

class="wikitable"

! Assembly

! Years

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

! colspan="2" | Member

! Party

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 26th

| 1873

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

| Peter Sinclair, Sr.

| Liberal

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

| rowspan="3" | William Stewart

| rowspan="3" | Liberal

1873–1876

| rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} |

| rowspan="4" | William Campbell

| rowspan="4" | Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 27th

| 1876–1879

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 28th

| 1879–1882

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

| Donald Cameron

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 29th

| 1882–1886

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

| rowspan="4" | Peter Sinclair, Sr.

| rowspan="4" | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 30th

| 1886–1890

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

| rowspan="2" | James Sutherland

| rowspan="2" | Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 31st

| 1890–1891

1891–1893

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

| Alexander Warburton

| Liberal

=Assemblyman-Councillor=

class="wikitable"

! Assembly

! Years

! colspan="2" | Assemblyman

! Party

! colspan="2" | Councillor

! Party

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd

| 1893–1897

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

| rowspan="2" | Alexander Warburton

| rowspan="2" | Liberal

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

| rowspan="3" | Peter Sinclair, Sr.

| rowspan="3" | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 33rd

| 1897–1898

1898–1900

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

| William Campbell

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th

| 1900–1904

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

| rowspan="3" | Matthew Smith

| rowspan="3" | Liberal

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

| rowspan="2" | George Simpson

| rowspan="2" | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 35th

| 1904–1906

1906–1908

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

| Murdock Kennedy

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 36th

| 1908–1909

| rowspan="6" {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} |

| rowspan="6" | Murdock Kennedy

| rowspan="6" | Conservative

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

| Matthew Smith

| Liberal

1909–1912

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

| Cyrus Crosby

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th

| 1912–1915

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

| John Myers

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th

| 1915–1919

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

| Alexander McNevin

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 39th

| 1919–1923

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

| Cyrus Crosby

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th

| 1923–1927

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

| Alexander McNevin

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 41st

| 1927–1931

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

| Peter Sinclair, Jr.

| Liberal

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

| Alan Stewart

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd

| 1931–1935

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

| Thomas Wigmore

| Conservative

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

| Walter MacKenzie

| Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd

| 1935–1939

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

| rowspan="2" | Donald McKay

| rowspan="2" | Liberal

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

| rowspan="5" | Alan Stewart

| rowspan="5" | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th

| 1939–1943

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 45th

| 1943–1947

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

| Walter MacKenzie

| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th

| 1947–1951

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

| Frederic Large

| Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th

| 1951–1955

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

| Frank Myers

| Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 48th

| 1955–1957

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

| Alan Stewart

| Liberal

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

| rowspan="2" | Frederic Large

| rowspan="2" | Liberal

1957–1959

| rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} |

| rowspan="4" | Frank Myers

| rowspan="4" | Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 49th

| 1959–1962

| rowspan="3" {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} |

| rowspan="3" | Walter Shaw

| rowspan="3" | Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th

| 1962–1966

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 51st

| 1966–1970

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 52nd

| 1970–1974

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

| rowspan="3" | Jean Canfield

| rowspan="3" | Liberal

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

| rowspan="3" | Ralph Johnstone

| rowspan="3" | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 53rd

| 1974–1978

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 54th

| 1978–1979

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 55th

| 1979–1982

| rowspan="3" {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} |

| rowspan="3" | Marion Reid

| rowspan="3" | Progressive Conservative

| rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} |

| rowspan="4" | Leone Bagnall

| rowspan="4" | Progressive Conservative

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 56th

| 1982–1986

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 57th

| 1986–1989

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 58th

| 1989–1993

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

| rowspan="2" | Marion Murphy

| rowspan="2" | Liberal

bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 59th

| 1993–1996

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

| Catherine Callbeck

| Liberal

References