Cornwall (federal electoral district)

For the defunct provincial electoral district, see Cornwall (provincial electoral district).

For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation).

Cornwall was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act 1867. It consisted of the Town of Cornwall and the Township of Cornwall.

The electoral district was abolished in 1882 when it was merged into Cornwall and Stormont riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1872		John Sandfield Macdonald	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874		Darby Bergin	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1874		Alexander Francis Macdonald	Liberal
	1874–1878
4th	1878–1880		Darby Bergin	Liberal–Conservative
	1880–1882
Riding dissolved into Cornwall and Stormont

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Sandfield Macdonald	451
	Unknown	? Mattice	295
Source: Canadian Elections Database [1]

Result by subdivision ^[2]

Subdivision	Macdonald	Mattice	Total vote	Eligible voters
Cornwall (town) East Ward	16	37	53	78
Cornwall (town) Centre Ward	49	59	108	159
Cornwall (town) West Ward	27	18	45	78
Cornwall Township	359	181	540	712
Total	451	295	746	1,027

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Darby Bergin	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database [3]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Francis Macdonald	471
	Liberal–Conservative	Darby Bergin	448
Source: Canadian Elections Database [4]

On Mr. Macdonald being unseated on petition, 7 September 1874:

By-election on 20 October 1874
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MACDONALD, Alexander Francis	471
	Liberal–Conservative	BERGIN, Darby	448

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Darby Bergin	575
	Liberal	D.B. McLennan	537

On Mr. Bergin being unseated on petition, 24 December 1879:

By-election on 27 January 1880
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	BERGIN, Darby	624
	Liberal	MCLENNNAN, D.B.	447

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

1. Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.
2. Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
3. Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
4. Sayers, Anthony M. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament