{{Short description|Former provincial electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada}} {{hatnote|First Prince may also be an informal term for the heir apparent to the throne in a monarchy, or for the premier of some countries.}} {{more citations needed|date=May 2019|bot=noref (GreenC bot)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district | province = Prince Edward Island | image = PEI 1 Prince.gif | caption = | prov-status = defunct | prov-created = 1873 | prov-abolished = 1996 | prov-election-first = 1873 | prov-election-last = 1993 | demo-cd = Prince County | demo-csd = }} '''1st Prince''' was a provincial electoral district of Prince Edward Island, Canada,<ref>{{Cite web |title=not found |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/provincial/historical/results/results.php?district=P1&sortorder=dateelected |access-date=August 19, 2024 |website=www.electionspei.ca}}</ref> which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993. It was also used in pre-Confederation colonial elections such as the 1859 election electing two members of the 21st General Assembly of Prince Edward Island.

The district comprised the westernmost portion of Prince County. Communities in the district included Alberton and Tignish.

When the provincial electoral districts were reorganized into conventional single-member districts in 1996, 1st Prince was replaced by the districts of Tignish-DeBlois, Alberton-Miminegash, and West Point-Bloomfield.

==Members==

===Dual member===

{| class="wikitable" ! Assembly ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=3 | 26th | 1873 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | George Howlan | Liberal | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Stanislaus Perry | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | 1873–1875 | rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=4 | Nicholas Conroy | rowspan=4 | Liberal |- | 1875–1876 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Francis Gallant | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 27th | 1876–1879 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Edward Hackett | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 28th | 1879 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Peter Gavin | rowspan=2 | Conservative |- | 1879–1882 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Stanislaus Perry | rowspan=3 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 29th | 1882–1886 | rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=5 | John Matheson | rowspan=5 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=3 | 30th | 1886–1887 |- | 1887–1888 | | colspan="2" | vacant |- | 1888–1890 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Bernard Donald McLellan | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 31st | 1890–1893 |}

===Assemblyman-Councillor===

{| class="wikitable" ! Assembly ! Years ! colspan="2" | Assemblyman ! Party ! colspan="2" | Councillor ! Party |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd | 1893–1897 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Jeremiah Blanchard | Conservative | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Benjamin Rogers | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=4 | 33rd | 1897–1898 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Edward Hackett | Conservative | rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=4 | James Birch | rowspan=4 | Liberal |- | 1898–1899 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Meddie Gallant | Conservative |- | 1899–1900 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=2| Henry Pineau | Conservative |- | 1900 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th | 1900–1904 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Benjamin Gallant | rowspan=3 | Liberal | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Benjamin Rogers | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th | 1904–1908 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | John Agnew | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 36th | 1908–1912 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th | 1912–1915 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Sylvain Gallant | Conservative | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Charles Dalton | rowspan=2 | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th | 1915–1919 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Benjamin Gallant | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 39th | 1919–1923 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Christopher Metherall | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | 1922–1923 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Jeremiah Blanchard | rowspan=3 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th | 1923–1927 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Wilfred Tanton | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 41st | 1927–1931 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Robert H. Gordon | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd | 1931–1935 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Aeneas Gallant | rowspan=3 | Liberal | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Thane Campbell | rowspan=3 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd | 1935–1939 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th | 1939–1943 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 45th | 1943–1945 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Alphonse Bernard | Liberal | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Fred Ramsay | rowspan=3 | Liberal |- | 1945–1947 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Clarence Morrissey | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th | 1947–1951 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Hector Richard | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 47th | 1951–1955 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Hubert Gaudet | Progressive Conservative | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Don Campbell | Progressive Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 48th | 1955–1959 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Prosper Arsenault | Liberal | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Fred Ramsay | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 49th | 1959–1962 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Hubert Gaudet | Progressive Conservative | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Don Campbell | Progressive Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th | 1962–1966 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Prosper Arsenault | rowspan=2 | Liberal | rowspan=9 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=9 | Bob Campbell | rowspan=9 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 51st | 1966–1970 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 52nd | 1970–1974 | rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=4 | Russell Perry | rowspan=4 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 53rd | 1974–1978 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 54th | 1978–1979 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 55th | 1979–1982 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 56th | 1982–1986 | rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=5 | Bobby Morrissey | rowspan=5 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 57th | 1986–1989 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 58th | 1989–1992 |- | 1992–1993 | | colspan="2" | vacant |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 59th | 1993–1996 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Hector MacLeod | Liberal |}

== See also == * List of Prince Edward Island provincial electoral districts * Canadian provincial electoral districts

==References== {{reflist}}

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