West Prince

For the rural slang name for northwestern Prince Edward Island, see West Prince .

West Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1904.

This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Prince County ridings.

It was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed into Prince and Queen's ridings.

It consisted of the western part of Prince County.

Election results

|-|HACKETT, Edward ||align=right|1,593|-|PERRY, S.F. ||align=right|1,548|-|YEO, John ||align=right|321

By-election: On election being declared void, 24 March 1897

|-|PERRY, S.F. ||align=right|1,614|-|HACKETT, Ed. ||align=right|1,527

By-election: On Mr. Perry's death, 24 February 1898

|-|MCLELLAN, B.D. ||align=right|1,828|-|HACKETT, Ed. ||align=right|1,512

|-|HACKETT, Edward ||align=right|1,854|-|MCLELLAN, Bernard Donald ||align=right|1,845

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Library of Parliament

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