Stormont (electoral district)

Stormont was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882, 1904 to 1917, and 1925 to 1968. It was located in the eastern part of the province of Ontario.

It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 as consisting of Stormont County. It was abolished in 1882 when it was merged with Cornwall riding into Cornwall and Stormont.

It was re-created as a separate riding in 1903, consisting again of Stormont County. It was abolisghed in 1914 when it was redistributed between Durham and Glengarry and Stormont ridings. S.C. 1903, c.60

It was re-created as a separate riding again in 1924 consisting again of Stormont County. In 1947, it was redefined to consist of the county of Stormont, including the city of Cornwall.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was merged into Stormont—Dundas riding.

Electoral history

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Liberal-Conservative
Samuel AULT
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Unknown
SINCLAIR
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Liberal
Cyril ARCHIBALD
align="right"| 828
Liberal-Conservative
S. AULT
align="right"|792

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Liberal
Cyril ARCHIBALD
align="right"|905
Unknown
J. CRYSLER
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Liberal-Conservative
Oscar FULTON
align="right"|1,082
Liberal
C. ARCHIBALD
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Conservative
Robert A. PRINGLE
align="right"|2,700
Liberal
Robert SMITH
align="right"|2,589

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Liberal
Robert SMITH
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Conservative
Robert Abercrombie PRINGLE
align="right"| 2,033
Independent
Ambrose Fitzgerald MULHERN
align="right"|658

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Conservative
Duncan Orestes ALGUIRE
align="right"| 2,539
Liberal
George Ira GOGO
align="right"|2,408

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Conservative
Charles James HAMILTON
align="right"|5,706
Liberal
George Ira GOGO
align="right"| 5,394

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Liberal
Arnold Neilson SMITH
align="right"|6,623
Conservative
Charles James HAMILTON
align="right"|6,083

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Conservative
Frank Thomas SHAVER
align="right"| 7,901
Liberal
Arnold Neilson SMITH
align="right"| 7,326

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Liberal
Lionel CHEVRIER
align="right"|9,233
Conservative
Frank Thomas SHAVER
align="right"|6,655
Reconstruction
Nathan COPELAND
align="right"|980

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Liberal
Lionel CHEVRIER
align="right"|10,197
National Government
Elzéar EMARD
align="right"|6,202

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Liberal
Hon. Lionel CHEVRIER
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Progressive Conservative
John Allan PHILLIPS
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Co-operative Commonwealth
John Charles STEER
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Liberal
Hon. Lionel CHEVRIER
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Progressive Conservative
Frank Thomas SHAVER
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Co-operative Commonwealth
Alexander Francis MULLIN
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Union des électeurs
ST-Lucien AMOUR
align="right"|252

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Liberal
Hon. Lionel CHEVRIER
align="right"| 13,503b
Progressive Conservative
John Lawrence MCDONALD
align="right"|7,244

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Liberal
Albert Peter LAVIGNE
align="right"| 11,441
Progressive Conservative
Donald Robert DICK
align="right"| 11,091

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Liberal
Albert Peter LAVIGNE
align="right"| 12,505
Progressive Conservative
Grant CAMPBELL
align="right"|10,215
Social Credit
Melvin Andrew ROWAT
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Progressive Conservative
Grant CAMPBELL
align="right"| 13,964
Liberal
Albert Peter LAVIGNE
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Social Credit
Melvin Andrew ROWAT
align="right"| 331

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Liberal
Lucien LAMOUREUX
align="right"| 11,363
Progressive Conservative
Grant CAMPBELL
align="right"| 11,293
Social Credit
Mel ROWAT
align="right"|1,256
New Democratic Party
Marjorie BALL
align="right"|946

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Liberal
Lucien LAMOUREUX
align="right"| 13,285
Progressive Conservative
John ALGUIRE
align="right"| 9,728
Social Credit
Ludger BOILEAU
align="right"| 851
New Democratic Party
Bill KILGER
align="right"| 801

Note:
* Due to the death of the Liberal candidate for the riding of Stormont, the general election scheduled for June 18, 1962 in this riding was postponed until July 16, 1962.

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Liberal
Lucien LAMOUREUX
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Progressive Conservative
Ken BERGERON
align="right"| 7,458
New Democratic Party
John B. TREW
align="right"| 3,201

See also

* List of Canadian federal electoral districts
* Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

* Website of the [http://www.parl.gc.ca/ Parliament of Canada]