Stormont (federal electoral district)

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Stormont
Flag of Ontario.svg Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
District created 1867, 1903, 1924
District abolished1882, 1914, 1966
First contested 1867
Last contested 1965

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

Contents

It was created by the British North America Act 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 abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between Dundas and Glengarry and Stormont ridings.

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.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
1st  1867–1872   Samuel Ault Liberal–Conservative
2nd  1872–1874   Cyril Archibald Liberal
3rd  1874–1878
4th  1878–1882   Oscar Fulton Liberal–Conservative
Riding dissolved into Cornwall and Stormont
Riding re-created from Cornwall and Stormont
10th  1904–1908   Robert Abercrombie Pringle Conservative
11th  1908–1911   Robert Smith Liberal
12th  1911–1917   Duncan Orestes Alguire Conservative
Riding dissolved into Glengarry and Stormont and Dundas
Riding re-created from Glengarry and Stormont and Dundas
15th  1925–1926   Charles James Hamilton Conservative
16th  1926–1930   Arnold Neilson Smith Liberal
17th  1930–1935   Frank Thomas Shaver Conservative
18th  1935–1940   Lionel Chevrier Liberal
19th  1940–1945
20th  1945–1949
21st  1949–1953
22nd  1953–1954
 1954–1957 Albert Lavigne
23rd  1957–1958
24th  1958–1962   Grant Campbell Progressive Conservative
25th  1962–1963   Lucien Lamoureux Liberal
26th  1963–1965
27th  1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Stormont—Dundas

Election results

1867–1882

1867 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal-Conservative Samuel Ault 95572.5
UnknownSinclair36327.5
Total valid votes1,318
Turnout (based on valid votes)1,31874.76
Eligible voters1,763
Source: Elections Canada [1] and Canada Elections Database [2]
Result by municipality [3]
MunicipalityAultSinclairTotal voteEligible voters
Finch Township23164295399
Roxborough Township107206313421
Osnabruck Township61793710943
Total9553631,3181,763
1872 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cyril Archibald 82851.1
  Liberal-Conservative Samuel Ault 79248.9
Total valid votes1,620
Source: Elections Canada [4] and Canada Elections Database [5]
1874 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cyril Archibald 90553.2
UnknownJ. Crysler79746.8
Total valid votes1,702
Turnout (based on valid votes)1,70278.54
Eligible voters2,167
Source: Elections Canada [6] and Canada Elections Database [7]
1878 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oscar Fulton 1,08255.0
Liberal Cyril Archibald 88545.0
Total valid votes1,967
Total rejected ballots66
Turnout2,03379.66+1.12
Eligible voters2,552
Source: Elections Canada [8] and Canada Elections Database [9]

1904–1917

1904 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Abercrombie Pringle 2,70051.0
Liberal Robert Smith 2,58949.0
Total valid votes5,289
Total rejected ballots45
Turnout5,33476.3
Eligible voters6,991
Source: Elections Canada [10] and Canada Elections Database [11]
1908 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Smith 2,38347.0
Conservative Robert Abercrombie Pringle 2,03340.0
Independent Ambrose Fitzgerald Mulhern65813.0
Total valid votes5,074
Total rejected ballots48
Turnout5,12272.26-4.04
Eligible voters7,088
Source: Elections Canada [12] and Canada Elections Database [13]
1911 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duncan Orestes Alguire 2,53951.3
Liberal George Ira Gogo2,40848.7
Total valid votes4,947
Source: Elections Canada [14] and Canada Elections Database [15]

1925–1968

1925 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles James Hamilton 5,70651.4
Liberal George Ira Gogo5,39448.6
Total valid votes11,100
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)11,10071.96
Eligible voters15,426
Source: Elections Canada [16] and Canada Elections Database [17]
1926 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arnold Neilson Smith 6,62352.1
Conservative Charles James Hamilton 6,08347.9
Total valid votes12,706
Source: Elections Canada [18] and Canada Elections Database [19]
1930 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Thomas Shaver 7,90151.9
Liberal Arnold Neilson Smith 7,32648.1
Total valid votes15,227
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)15,22786.06
Eligible voters17,649
Source: Elections Canada [20] and Canada Elections Database [21]
1935 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 9,23354.7
Conservative Frank Thomas Shaver 6,65539.5
Reconstruction Nathan Copeland9805.8
Total valid votes16,868
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)16,86881.78-4.28
Eligible voters20.627
Source: Elections Canada [22] and Canada Elections Database [23]
1940 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 10,19762.2
National Government Elzéar Emard6,20237.8
Total valid votes16,399
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)16,39970.98-10.8
Eligible voters23,103
Source: Elections Canada [24] and Canada Elections Database [25]
1945 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 11,70262.5
Progressive Conservative John Allan Phillips6,01632.2
Co-operative Commonwealth John Charles Steer9915.3
Total valid votes18,709
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)18,70979.19+8.21
Eligible voters23,624
Source: Elections Canada [26] and Canada Elections Database [27]
1949 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 12,63960.6
Progressive Conservative Frank Thomas Shaver 6,67032.0
Co-operative Commonwealth Alexander Francis Mullin1,2836.2
  Union of Electors Lucien St-Amour2521.2
Total valid votes20,844
Total rejected ballots292
Turnout21,13680.13+0.94
Eligible voters26,377
Source: Elections Canada [28] and Canada Elections Database [29]
1953 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lionel Chevrier 13,50365.1
Progressive Conservative John Lawrence McDonald7,24434.9
Total valid votes20,747
Total rejected ballots252
Turnout20,99976.12-4.01
Eligible voters27,587
Source: Elections Canada [30] and Canada Elections Database [31]
Canadian federal by-election, 8 November 1954
Lionel Chevrier appointed President of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority on 1 July 1954
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Lavigne 11,44150.8
Progressive Conservative Donald Robert Dick11,09149.2
Total valid votes22,532
Total rejected ballots235
Turnout22,76780.48+4.36
Eligible voters28,290
Source: Elections Canada [32] and Cornwall Standard-Freeholder [33]
1957 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Albert Lavigne 12,50553.5
Progressive Conservative Grant Campbell 10,21543.7
Social Credit Melvin Andrew Rowat6462.8
Total valid votes23,366
Total rejected ballots305
Turnout23,67175.24-5.24
Eligible voters31,462
Source: Elections Canada [34] and Canada Elections Database [35]
1958 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Grant Campbell 13,96453.1
Liberal Albert Lavigne 11,97745.6
Social Credit Melvin Andrew Rowat3311.3
Total valid votes26,272
Total rejected ballots345
Turnout26,61783.53+8.29
Eligible voters31,866
Source: Elections Canada, [36] Canada Elections Database, [37] and Cornwall Standard-Freeholder [38]
1962 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lucien Lamoureux 11,36345.7
Progressive Conservative Grant Campbell 11,29345.4
Social Credit Melvin Andrew Rowat1,2565.1
New Democratic Marjorie Ball9463.8
Total valid votes24,858
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)24,85880.54-2.99
Eligible voters30,866 [39]
Note: Due to the death of Albert Lavigne, the Liberal candidate for the riding of Stormont, on June 5, 1962, the general election scheduled for June 18, 1962 was postponed in this riding until July 16, 1962.
Source: Elections Canada [40] and Canada Elections Database [41]
1963 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lucien Lamoureux 13,28553.9
Progressive Conservative John Alguire9,72839.4
Social Credit Ludger Boileau8513.5
New Democratic Bill Kilger8013.2
Total valid votes24,665
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)24,66580.3-0.24
Eligible voters30,716 [42] [43]
Source: Elections Canada [44] and the Canada Elections Database [45]
1965 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lucien Lamoureux 13,53056.0
Progressive Conservative Ken Bergeron7,45830.8
New Democratic John B. Trew3,20113.2
Total valid votes24,189
Total rejected ballots215
Turnout24,40478.66-1.64
Eligible voters31,025
Source: Elections Canada [46] and Canada Elections Database [47]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "General Election (1867-08-07 - 1867-09-20)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
  4. ↑ "General Election (1872-07-20 - 1872-10-12)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "General Election (1874-01-22)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1874 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "General Election (1878-09-17)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1878 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "General Election (1904-11-03)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1904 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "General Election (1908-10-26)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  13. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1908 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "General Election (1911-09-21)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  15. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1911 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "General Election (1925-10-29)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  17. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1925 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  18. ↑ "General Election (1926-09-14)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  19. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1926 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  20. ↑ "General Election (1930-07-28)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  21. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1930 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  22. ↑ "General Election (1935-10-14)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  23. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1935 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  24. ↑ "General Election (1940-03-26)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  25. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1940 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  26. ↑ "General Election (1945-06-11)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  27. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1945 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  28. ↑ "General Election (1949-06-27)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  29. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1949 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  30. ↑ "General Election (1953-08-10)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  31. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1953 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  32. ↑ "By-Election(s) (1954-11-08)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  33. ↑ "Liberal Candidate Majority Cut By 7 In Official Count". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. 16 November 1954.
  34. ↑ "General Election (1957-06-10)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  35. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1957 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  36. ↑ "General Election (1958-03-31)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  37. ↑ {{cite web |last1=Sayers |first1=Anthony |title=1958 Federal Election |url=https://canadianelectionsdatabase.ca/PHASE5/?p=0&type=election&ID=447#page_1=ontario&page_2=constituency_2765 |website=Canadian Elections Database |access-date=29 April 2025
  38. ↑ "Campbell's Majority Is Reduced". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. 11 April 1958.
  39. ↑ "150 Names Are Added Stormont Voters' List". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. 6 June 1962.
  40. ↑ "General Election (1962-06-18)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  41. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1962 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  42. ↑ "301 Vote In Advance Poll Here". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. 2 April 1963.
  43. ↑ "Heavy Vote Anticipated At Polls In City, District". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder. 8 April 1963.
  44. ↑ "General Election (1963-04-08)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  45. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1963 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  46. ↑ "General Election (1965-11-08)". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  47. ↑ Sayers, Anthony. "1965 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

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