4th Queens

{{Short description|Former provincial electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Canada electoral district | province = Prince Edward Island | image = PEI 4 Queens.gif | caption = | prov-status = defunct | prov-created = 1873 | prov-abolished = 1996 | prov-election-first = 1873 | prov-election-last = 1993 | demo-cd = Queens County }} '''4th Queens''' was a provincial electoral district of Prince Edward Island, Canada, which elected two members to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1873 to 1993.<ref name="CEO">{{cite web |title=CEO Election Reports |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/resources/ceo-election-reports |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref>

The district comprised the southeastern portion of Queens County. It was abolished in 1996 when Prince Edward Island adopted single-member constituencies for the 1996 general election.

== History == The district was one of the original constituencies created for the 1873 Prince Edward Island general election, the first provincial election after Prince Edward Island joined Confederation.<ref name="historicalreview">{{cite web |title=Prince Edward Island Historical Review of Provincial Election Results 1900–2009 |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/Prince%20Edward%20Island%20Historical%20Review%20of%20Provincial%20Election%20Results%201900-2009.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref> Its first members included David Laird, who later served as the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories and Keewatin.<ref name="CEO" />

Like all Prince Edward Island districts of the period, 4th Queens initially elected two members with the undifferentiated title of member. From 1893, the district elected one Assemblyman and one Councillor simultaneously. John Walter Jones, who served as Premier of Prince Edward Island from 1943 to 1953, represented the district as Councillor from 1935 to 1955.<ref name="historicalreview" /> Angus MacLean, who served as Premier from 1979 to 1981, held the Councillor seat from 1976 to 1982.<ref name="historicalreview" />

The district was abolished following the adoption of the Electoral Boundaries Act (Royal Assent 19 May 1994), effective at the 1996 general election, with its territory redistributed into Belfast-Murray River and Vernon River-Stratford.<ref name="CEO" />

==Members==

===Dual member===

{| class="wikitable" ! Assembly ! Years ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party ! colspan="2" | Member ! Party |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 26th | 1873 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Independent|background}}| | David Laird | Independent | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Benjamin Davies | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | 1873–1876 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | William Welsh | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 27th | 1876–1879 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | John F. Robertson | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 28th | 1879 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=2 | James Nicholson | rowspan=2 | Conservative | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Independent|background}}| | Donald Montgomery | Independent |- | 1879–1882 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Duncan Crawford | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 29th | 1882–1884 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Donald C. Martin | rowspan=3 | Liberal | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Angus D. MacMillan | Liberal |- | 1884–1886 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Alexander Martin | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan="2" | 30th | 1886–1888 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | George Forbes | rowspan=3 | Liberal |- | 1888–1890 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Independent|background}}| | colspan="2" | Vacant |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 31st | 1890–1893 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Hector C. McDonald | Liberal |}

===Assemblyman-Councillor===

{| class="wikitable" ! Assembly ! Years ! colspan="2" | Assemblyman ! Party ! colspan="2" | Councillor ! Party |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 32nd | 1893–1897 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Hector C. McDonald | rowspan=2 | Liberal | rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=4 | George Forbes | rowspan=4 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 33rd | 1897–1899 |- | 1899–1900 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Independent|background}}| | Angus MacLean | Independent |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 34th | 1900–1904 | rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=4 | David Irving | rowspan=4 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 35th | 1904–1908 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Francis Haszard | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 36th | 1908–1911 |- | 1911–1912 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Alexander Macphail | rowspan=2 | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 37th | 1912–1915 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=2 | John S. Martin | rowspan=2 | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 38th | 1915–1919 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | George Forbes | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 39th | 1919–1923 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | James Irving | rowspan=2 | Liberal | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | Frederick Nash | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 40th | 1923–1927 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Shaw McMillan | Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2| 41st | 1927–1928 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | James Larabee | rowspan=3 | Liberal | {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | George Inman | Liberal |- | 1928–1931 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Callum Bruce | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 42nd | 1931–1935 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 43rd | 1935–1939 | rowspan=7 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=7 | Dougald MacKinnon | rowspan=7 | Liberal | rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=5 | John Walter Jones | rowspan=5 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 44th | 1939–1943 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 45th | 1943–1947 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 46th | 1947–1951 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 47th | 1951–1953 |- | 1953–1955 | rowspan=5 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=5 | Harold Smith | rowspan=5 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 48th | 1955–1959 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 49th | 1959–1962 | rowspan=4 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=4 | Stewart Ross | rowspan=4 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 50th | 1962–1966 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 51st | 1966–1970 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 52nd | 1970–1974 | rowspan=6 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=6 | Daniel Compton | rowspan=6 | Progressive Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" rowspan=2 | 53rd | 1974–1976 | {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | Vernon MacIntyre | Progressive Conservative |- | 1976–1978 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Angus MacLean | rowspan=3 | Progressive Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 54th | 1978–1979 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 55th | 1979–1982 |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 56th | 1982–1986 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|PC|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Wilbur MacDonald | rowspan=2 | Progressive Conservative |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 57th | 1986–1989 | rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=3 | Lynwood MacPherson | rowspan=3 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 58th | 1989–1993 | rowspan=2 {{Canadian party colour|PE|Liberal|background}}| | rowspan=2 | Alan Buchanan | rowspan=2 | Liberal |- | bgcolor="CCCCCC" | 59th | 1993–1996 |} <small>Sources: Elections Prince Edward Island.<ref name="historicalreview"/><ref name="elec1966">{{cite web |title=1966 May 30 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/test.electionspei.ca/files/1966%20May%2030%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1970">{{cite web |title=1970 May 11 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/test.electionspei.ca/files/1970%20May%2011%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1974">{{cite web |title=1974 May 29 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/test.electionspei.ca/files/1974%20May%2029%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1978">{{cite web |title=1978 April 24 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/test.electionspei.ca/files/1978%20April%2024%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1979">{{cite web |title=1979 April 23 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/test.electionspei.ca/files/1979%20April%2023%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1982">{{cite web |title=1982 September 27 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/1982%20Sept%2027%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1986">{{cite web |title=1986 April 21 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/test.electionspei.ca/files/1986%20April%2021%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1989">{{cite web |title=1989 May 29 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/test.electionspei.ca/files/1989May29ProvGenElection_0.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref><ref name="elec1993">{{cite web |title=1993 March 29 Provincial General Election |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/1993%20Mar%2029%20Provincial%20General%20Election.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}}</ref></small>

== Further reading == * {{cite web |title=Prince Edward Island Historical Review of Provincial Election Results 1900–2009 |url=https://www.electionspei.ca/sites/www.electionspei.ca/files/Prince%20Edward%20Island%20Historical%20Review%20of%20Provincial%20Election%20Results%201900-2009.pdf |publisher=Elections Prince Edward Island |format=PDF |access-date=6 March 2026}} * {{cite book |editor-last=Weeks |editor-first=Blair |title=Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873–1993 |publisher=Acorn Press |location=Charlottetown |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-894838-01-6}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

Queens 4 Category:1873 establishments in Prince Edward Island Category:1996 disestablishments in Prince Edward Island