King's (Prince Edward Island electoral district)

King's

Prince Edward Island electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1892
District abolished	1966
First contested	1896
Last contested	1965

King's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1968.

History

This riding was created from King's County riding.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Cardigan riding.

It initially consisted of the town of Georgetown and other parts of the County of King's.

In 1903, it was redefined to consist of the whole of the County of King's.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
King's
8th	1896–1900		Augustine Colin Macdonald	Conservative
9th	1900–1904		James Joseph Hughes	Liberal
10th	1904–1908
11th	1908–1911		Austin Levi Fraser	Conservative
12th	1911–1917		James Joseph Hughes	Liberal
13th	1917–1921		James McIsaac	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		James Joseph Hughes	Liberal
15th	1925–1926		John Alexander Macdonald	Conservative
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Thomas Vincent Grant	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949
21st	1949–1953		Thomas Joseph Kickham
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		John Augustine Macdonald	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1961
	1961–1962		Margaret Mary Macdonald
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		John Mullally	Liberal
27th	1965–1968		Melvin McQuaid	Progressive Conservative

Election results

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Augustine Colin Macdonald	1,939
	Liberal	P.A. Mcintyre	1,924

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Joseph Hughes	2,653
	Conservative	John Mclean	2,596

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Joseph Hughes	3,829
	Conservative	James Mcisaac	3,008
	Progressive	Daniel J. Mullin	1,877

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John A. Macdonald	3,758
	Liberal	James J. Johnston	3,422

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Alexander Macdonald	4,329
	Liberal	James J. Johnston	4,229

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Alexander Macdonald	4,719
	Liberal	Thomas V. Grant	4,391

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Vincent Grant	5,895
	Conservative	Augustine Adolphus Macdonald	3,510
	Reconstruction	George A. Leslie	249

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Vincent Grant	4,997
	National Government	Augustine Adolphus Mcdonald	4,081

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Thomas Vincent Grant	4,655
	Progressive Conservative	Hugh Francis Macphee	4,282
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Mercier Joseph Mullin	317

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Augustine Macdonald	4,598
	Liberal	Thomas Joseph Kickham	4,146
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Maclean	87

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Augustine Macdonald	5,018
	Liberal	Thomas Joseph Kickham	3,884

By-election on 29 May 1961 Macdonald's death, 4 January 1961
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Mary Macdonald	4,472
	Liberal	T.J. Kickham	4,309

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Margaret Mary Macdonald	4,548
	Liberal	Thomas J. Kickham	4,383
	New Democratic	Tommy Joseph Dunphy	467

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Melvin McQuaid	4,591
	Liberal	John Mullally	4,451
	New Democratic	Tobias Wilfred Mullin	106

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history for King's (1892–1966) from the Library of Parliament