West Riding of Yorkshire West Riding of Yorkshire The West Riding of Yorkshire (abbrev.: "County of York (W.R.)") is one of the three historic administrative subdivisions of the county of Yorkshire that were recognized in England from 1889 to 1974. The division was made in the past due to the great size of Yorkshire relative to other counties. The other two ridings are the North Riding of Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire (see map at right). From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county, the area under the control of West Riding County Council was based closely on the earlier historic boundaries. The
East Prince East Prince "For the rural slang name for southeastern Prince County, Prince Edward Island, see East Prince (locality)." East Prince was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904. This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Prince County and Queen's County ridings. It was abolished in 1903 when it was redistributed into Prince and Queen's ridings. It consisted of the town of Summerside, the eastern part of Prince County, and parts of Queen's County. By-election: On Mr. Yeo being called to the Senate,