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Prince
Prince Edward Island electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1903
District abolished	1966
First contested	1904
Last contested	1965

Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968.

History

This riding was created in 1903 from parts of East Prince and West Prince ridings.

It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Egmont and Malpeque ridings.

It consisted of the County of Prince.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Prince
10th	1904–1908		Alfred Lefurgey	Conservative
11th	1908–1911		James William Richards	Liberal
12th	1911–1917		James William Richards	Liberal
13th	1917–1919		Joseph Read	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)
13th	1919–1921		William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal
14th	1921–1925		Alfred Edgar MacLean
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1939
18th	1940–1940		James Layton Ralston
19th	1940–1945		James Layton Ralston
20th	1945–1949		John Watson MacNaught
21st	1949–1953
22nd	1953–1957
23rd	1957–1958		Orville Howard Phillips	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965		John Watson MacNaught	Liberal
27th	1965–1968		David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative

Election results

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alfred Lefurgey	3,501
	Liberal	James William Richards	3,408

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James William Richards	3,520
	Conservative	Alfred Lefurgey	3,356

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James William Richards	3,529
	Conservative	Patrick Charles Murphy	3,414

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Joseph Read	4,298
	Government (Unionist)	Alfred Lefurgey	3,974

v t e Canadian federal by-election, October 20, 1919 (1919-10-20) Federal by-election following Joseph Reed's death on April 6, 1919 (1919-04-06)
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	acclaimed	Y
Total valid votes			-	-
Source(s) "Prince, Prince Edward Island (1904-09-20 - 1968-04-22)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Edgar MacLean	5,930
	Conservative	James A. McNeil	4,671
	Progressive	Horace Wright	2,693

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Edgar MacLean	6,692
	Conservative	G. Shelton Sharp	5,167

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Edgar MacLean	7,362
	Conservative	J. Edward Wyatt	5,641

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Edgar MacLean	8,058
	Conservative	J. Frank Arnett	6,485

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alfred Edgar MacLean	9,233
	Conservative	J. Frank Arnett	5,063

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 January 1940 MacLean's death, 28 October 1939
	Liberal	James Layton Ralston	acclaimed

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Layton Ralston	8,745
	National Government	John Adolphus MacPhee	5,767

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Watson MacNaught	7,346
	Progressive Conservative	Ernest H. Strong	7,277
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cyrus F. Gallant	911

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Watson MacNaught	8,007
	Progressive Conservative	John H. Price	7,834
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Donald Maclean	1,182

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Watson MacNaught	8,782
	Progressive Conservative	John H. Price	7,431
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Harrison MacFarlane	552

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Orville Howard Phillips	8,119
	Liberal	John Watson MacNaught	7,885
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Muriel Alice Macinnis	339

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Orville Howard Phillips	10,444
	Liberal	John Watson MacNaught	6,636
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Cyrus F. Gallant	215

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Orville Howard Phillips	9,133
	Liberal	J. George Mackay	8,492
	New Democratic	Arnold Wood	735
	Social Credit	R.L. Mackillop	153

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Watson MacNaught	8,967
	Progressive Conservative	Lorne Monkley	8,387
	New Democratic	Gregory Mcinnis	247

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	9,082
	Liberal	John Watson MacNaught	8,312
	New Democratic	Harvey Dawson	384

See also

External links

Riding history for Prince (1903–1966) from the Library of Parliament

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Defunct Prince Edward Island federal electoral districts

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