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}} | | 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}} | |
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}} | | 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}} | |
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}} | |
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}} | | Liberal |
1909–1912
| {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}} | | Liberal |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th
| 1912–1915 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} | |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th
| 1915–1919 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} | |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 39th
| 1919–1923 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}} | | Liberal |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th
| 1923–1927 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} | |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 41st
| 1927–1931 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}} | | Liberal | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}} | | Liberal |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd
| 1931–1935 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} | | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} | |
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}} | |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th
| 1947–1951 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}} | | Liberal |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th
| 1951–1955 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}} | |
bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 48th
| 1955–1957 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}} | | 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}} | | Liberal |