# East Prince

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{{Short description|Former federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| province            = Prince Edward Island
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| fed-status          = defunct
| fed-created         = 1892
| fed-abolished       = 1903
| fed-election-first  = 1896
| fed-election-last   = 1900
}}

'''East Prince''' was a federal [electoral district](/source/electoral_district_(Canada)) in [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island), Canada, that was represented in the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) from 1896 to 1904. This [riding](/source/Riding_(division)) was created in 1892 from parts of [Prince County](/source/Prince_County_(electoral_district)) and [Queen's County](/source/Queen's_County_(electoral_district)) ridings. It was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed into [Prince](/source/Prince_(electoral_district)) and [Queen's](/source/Queen's_(Prince_Edward_Island_federal_electoral_district)) ridings.

It consisted of the town of Summerside, the eastern part of Prince County, and parts of Queen's County.

==Election results==

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1896}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|YEO, John  |   1,916}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|HUNT, Richard A. |1,799}}
{{end}}

By-election: On Mr. Yeo being called to the Senate, 19 November 1898

{{CanElec1-by|14 December 1898}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|BELL, J.H. |1,979}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|LEFURGEY, A.A. |1,934}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1900}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|LEFURGEY, Alfred A. |2,272}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|BELL, John Howatt |2,047}}
{{end}}

== See also ==
* [List of Canadian electoral districts](/source/List_of_Canadian_electoral_districts)
* [Historical federal electoral districts of Canada](/source/Historical_federal_electoral_districts_of_Canada)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=192 Riding history for East Prince (1892–1903) from the] [Library of Parliament](/source/Library_of_Parliament)

{{Ridings in Prince Edward Island}}
{{Authority control}}

Category:Former federal electoral districts of Prince Edward Island

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