Frontenac (Ontario federal electoral district)

This article is about the Ontario federal electoral district. For the Ontario provincial electoral district, see Frontenac (Ontario provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Frontenac (Province of Canada electoral district).

Frontenac

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867
District abolished	1924
First contested	1867
Last contested	1921

Frontenac was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act 1867.

It was initially defined to consist of the Townships of Kingston, Wolfe Island, Pittsburg and Howe Island, and Storrington.

In 1903, the riding was redefined to consist of the county of Frontenac, excluding the city of Kingston and the village of Portsmouth.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was merged into Frontenac—Addington riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1870		Thomas Kirkpatrick	Conservative
	1870–1872		George Airey Kirkpatrick
2nd	1872–1874
3rd	1874–1878
4th	1878–1882
5th	1882–1887
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1892
	1892–1896		Hiram Augustus Calvin	Independent Conservative
8th	1896–1900		David Dickson Rogers	Patrons of Industry
9th	1900–1904		Hiram Augustus Calvin	Conservative
10th	1904–1908		Melzar Avery
11th	1908–1911		John Wesley Edwards
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		William Samuel Reed	Progressive
Riding dissolved into Frontenac—Addington

Election results

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Kirkpatrick	1,242
	Unknown	J. Carruthers	693
Eligible voters			2,545
Source: Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871 [1]

On Mr. Kirkpatrick's death, 26 March 1870:

By-election on 27 April 1870
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Airey Kirkpatrick	869
	Unknown	James Strachan Cartwright	517

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Airey Kirkpatrick	acclaimed

1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Airey Kirkpatrick	1,172
	Unknown	? Cartwright	696

1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	G. A. Kirkpatrick	985
	Unknown	J. V. Ferris	145

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George A. Kirkpatrick	acclaimed

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	George Airey Kirkpatrick	1,192
	Liberal	Henry Bawden	776

1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hon. George A. Kirkpatrick	1,427
	Liberal	Thomas Clyde	1,222

On Mr. Kirkpatrick being named Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, 1 June 1892:

By-election on 10 June 1892
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent Conservative	Hiram Augustus Calvin	acclaimed

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Patrons of Industry	David D. Rogers	acclaimed

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Hiram A. Calvin	1,200
	Independent	David Dixon Rogers	836

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Melzar Avery	2,341
	Liberal	Wellington J. Shibley	2,020

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Wesley Edwards	2,184
	Independent Conservative	Melzar Avery	1,772

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Wesley Edwards	2,629
	Liberal	Robert Hewton Fair	1,776

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	John Wesley Edwards	3,641
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	James Halliday	1,658

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	William Samuel Reed	4,780
	Conservative	Hon. John Wesley Edwards	4,557

See also

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

References

1. "Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1871" . Retrieved 27 June 2022.

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament