{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{For|the American architect|Edward M. Hackett}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1840|07|06}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1916|12|23|1840|07|06}} | image = EdwardHackett23.jpg | birth_place = Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada | office = Member of the House of Commons of Canada for West Prince | term = {{Plainlist| * 1896–1897 * 1900–1904 }} | party = Liberal-Conservative | term2 = 1878–1887 | office3 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for 1st Prince | term3 = 1876–1878 | riding2 = West Prince | office2 = Member of the House of Commons of Canada for Prince County }} '''Edward Hackett''' (6 July 1840 – 23 December 1916) was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1876 to 1878. He subsequently served in the House of Commons of Canada, representing Prince County from 1878 to 1887, and West Prince from 1896 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1904. He was a Liberal-Conservative member.
He was born in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, the son of Thomas Hackett and Ellen Condon, immigrants from Ireland. He was first employed as a bookkeeper for a store before opening his own business in 1864, also entering the fish trade. In 1860, he married Hannah Maria Fitzgibbon. He served as justice of the peace for Prince County from 1872 to 1876. Hackett was defeated in bids for reelection to the House of Commons in 1887, 1897 and 1898.{{fact|date=October 2025}}
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== References == {{reflist}} * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10494}} * {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.08546/754 |page=740 |title=The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men |year=1881 |publisher=American Biographical Publishing Company |volume=Quebec and the Maritime Provinces |location=Toronto}} * {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32953/177 |page=175 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |year=1879 |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |location=Ottawa}}
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