# 1st Queens

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**1st Queens** was a [provincial electoral district](/source/Electoral_district_(Canada)) of [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island), Canada, which elected two members to the [Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island](/source/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](/source/Queens_County,_Prince_Edward_Island).

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](/source/Jean_Canfield) to the legislature as the province's first female MLA;[1] in 1979, the election of [Marion Reid](/source/Marion_Reid) and [Leone Bagnall](/source/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](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Prince_Edward_Island). In 1993, the district elected [Catherine Callbeck](/source/Catherine_Callbeck), the province's first female [premier](/source/Premier_of_Prince_Edward_Island).

## Members

### Dual member

Assembly Years Member Party Member Party 26th 1873 Peter Sinclair, Sr. Liberal William Stewart Liberal 1873–1876 William Campbell Conservative 27th 1876–1879 28th 1879–1882 Donald Cameron Conservative 29th 1882–1886 Peter Sinclair, Sr. Liberal 30th 1886–1890 James Sutherland Conservative 31st 1890–1891 1891–1893 Alexander Warburton Liberal

### Assemblyman-Councillor

Assembly Years Assemblyman Party Councillor Party 32nd 1893–1897 Alexander Warburton Liberal Peter Sinclair, Sr. Liberal 33rd 1897–1898 1898–1900 William Campbell Conservative 34th 1900–1904 Matthew Smith Liberal George Simpson Liberal 35th 1904–1906 1906–1908 Murdock Kennedy Conservative 36th 1908–1909 Murdock Kennedy Conservative Matthew Smith Liberal 1909–1912 Cyrus Crosby Liberal 37th 1912–1915 John Myers Conservative 38th 1915–1919 Alexander McNevin Conservative 39th 1919–1923 Cyrus Crosby Liberal 40th 1923–1927 Alexander McNevin Conservative 41st 1927–1931 Peter Sinclair, Jr. Liberal Alan Stewart Liberal 42nd 1931–1935 Thomas Wigmore Conservative Walter MacKenzie Conservative 43rd 1935–1939 Donald McKay Liberal Alan Stewart Liberal 44th 1939–1943 45th 1943–1947 Walter MacKenzie Progressive Conservative 46th 1947–1951 Frederic Large Liberal 47th 1951–1955 Frank Myers Progressive Conservative 48th 1955–1957 Alan Stewart Liberal Frederic Large Liberal 1957–1959 Frank Myers Progressive Conservative 49th 1959–1962 Walter Shaw Progressive Conservative 50th 1962–1966 51st 1966–1970 52nd 1970–1974 Jean Canfield Liberal Ralph Johnstone Liberal 53rd 1974–1978 54th 1978–1979 55th 1979–1982 Marion Reid Progressive Conservative Leone Bagnall Progressive Conservative 56th 1982–1986 57th 1986–1989 58th 1989–1993 Marion Murphy Liberal 59th 1993–1996 Catherine Callbeck Liberal

## See also

- [List of Prince Edward Island provincial electoral districts](/source/List_of_Prince_Edward_Island_provincial_electoral_districts)
- [Canadian provincial electoral districts](/source/Canadian_provincial_electoral_districts)

## References

1. ["Ella Jean Canfield"](https://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/nlc-bnc/celebrating_women-ef/women97/ecnfield.htm). [Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada). Retrieved 3 November 2024.

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