 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1867 |
| District abolished | 1975 |
| First contested | 1867 |
| Last contested | 1971 |
Stormont was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1867 at the time of confederation and was abolished in 1973 before the 1975 election. The riding roughly corresponded to the territory of Stormont County.
From 1867 to 1886, the town of Cornwall was served by the separate electoral district of Cornwall; in 1886, the districts were merged, and the combined district was named Cornwall and Stormont only in the 1886 election. Its name reverted to Stormont for the 1890 election, and was not changed again until the riding's dissolution in 1975.
In the electoral redistribution of 1975, Stormont was split between the new ridings of Cornwall and Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry.
| 1867 Ontario general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | William Colquhoun | 793 | 55.65 | |||||
| Liberal | A.J. Cockburn | 632 | 44.35 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 1,425 | 81.15 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,756 | |||||||
| Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario [2] | ||||||||
| 1871 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | William Colquhoun | 705 | 50.18 | |||||
| Liberal | James Bethune | 700 | 49.82 | |||||
| Turnout | 1,405 | 74.34 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,890 | |||||||
| Election voided | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario [3] | ||||||||
| Ontario provincial by-election, March 21, 1872 Previous election voided | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Bethune | 790 | 51.10 | +6.75 | ||||
| Conservative | William Colquhoun | 756 | 48.90 | −6.75 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,546 | 100.0 | +8.49 | |||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.75 | ||||||
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario [4] : 357 | ||||||||
| 1875 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | James Bethune | 948 | 53.77 | +3.95 | ||||
| Conservative | William Colquhoun | 815 | 46.23 | −3.95 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,763 | 77.19 | +2.85 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,284 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.95 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario [5] | ||||||||
| 1879 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Joseph Kerr | 950 | 50.29 | +4.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Mr. Farran | 939 | 49.71 | −4.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,889 | 71.47 | −5.72 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 2,643 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.06 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario [6] | ||||||||
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