# Edward Hackett

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{{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](/source/Tignish%2C_Prince_Edward_Island), [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island), Canada
| office = Member of the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) for [West Prince](/source/West_Prince)
| term = {{Plainlist|
* 1896–1897
* 1900–1904
}}
| party = [Liberal-Conservative](/source/Liberal-Conservative_Party)
| term2 = 1878–1887
| office3 = Member of the [Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) for [1st Prince](/source/1st_Prince)
| term3 = 1876–1878
| riding2 = West Prince
| office2 = Member of the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) for [Prince County](/source/Prince_County)
}}
'''Edward Hackett''' (6 July 1840 – 23 December 1916) was a merchant and political figure in [Prince Edward Island](/source/Prince_Edward_Island). He represented [1st Prince](/source/1st_Prince) in the [Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Prince_Edward_Island) from 1876 to 1878. He subsequently served in the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada), representing [Prince County](/source/Prince_County_(electoral_district)) from 1878 to 1887, and [West Prince](/source/West_Prince) from 1896 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1904. He was a [Liberal-Conservative](/source/Liberal-Conservative) member.

He was born in [Tignish, Prince Edward Island](/source/Tignish%2C_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](/source/Prince_County%2C_Prince_Edward_Island) 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 ==
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* {{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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Category:1840 births
Category:1916 deaths
Category:People from Tignish, Prince Edward Island
Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Prince Edward Island
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island MLAs
Category:Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Canadian justices of the peace
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada

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