Stormont (electoral district)

Stormont
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867, 1903, 1924
District abolished	1882, 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.

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 abolished in 1914 when it was redistributed between Durham 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:

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	Samuel Ault	Liberal–Conservative
2nd	1872–1874	Cyril Archibald	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	Cyril Archibald	Liberal
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 Durham
Riding re-created from Glengarry and Stormont and Durham
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
22nd	1954–1957	Albert Lavigne
23rd	1957–1958	Albert Lavigne
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: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Ault	955
	Unknown	Sinclair	363

1872 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Archibald	828
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Ault	792

1874 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Archibald	905
	Unknown	J. Crysler	797

1878 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Conservative	Oscar Fulton	1,082
	Liberal	Cyril Archibald	885

1904–1917[]

1904 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Abercrombie Pringle	2,700
	Liberal	Robert Smith	2,589

1908 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Robert Smith	2,383
Conservative	Robert Abercrombie Pringle	2,033
Independent	Ambrose Fitzgerald Mulhern	658

1911 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Orestes Alguire	2,539
	Liberal	George Ira Gogo	2,408

1925–1968[]

1925 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles James Hamilton	5,706
	Liberal	George Ira Gogo	5,394

1926 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Neilson Smith	6,623
	Conservative	Charles James Hamilton	6,083

1930 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Thomas Shaver	7,901
	Liberal	Arnold Neilson Smith	7,326

1935 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	9,233
Conservative	Frank Thomas Shaver	6,655
Reconstruction	Nathan Copeland	980

1940 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	10,197
	National Government	Elzéar Emard	6,202

1945 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	11,702
Progressive Conservative	John Allan Phillips	6,016
Co-operative Commonwealth	John Charles Steer	991

1949 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	12,639
Progressive Conservative	Frank Thomas Shaver	6,670
Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Francis Mullin	1,283
Union of Electors	Amour St-Lucien	252

1953 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	13,503b
	Progressive Conservative	John Lawrence McDonald	7,244

By-election: On Mr. Chevrier being appointed President of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority, 8 November 1954: Stormont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Lavigne	11,441
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Robert Dick	11,091

1957 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Albert Lavigne	12,505
Progressive Conservative	Grant Campbell	10,215
Social Credit	Melvin Andrew Rowat	646

1958 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Progressive Conservative	Grant Campbell	13,964
Liberal	Albert Lavigne	11,977
Social Credit	Melvin Andrew Rowat	331

1962 Canadian federal election*: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lucien Lamoureux	11,363
Progressive Conservative	Grant Campbell	11,293
Social Credit	Mel Rowat	1,256
New Democratic	Marjorie Ball	946

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.

1963 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lucien Lamoureux	13,285
Progressive Conservative	John Alguire	9,728
Social Credit	Ludger Boileau	851
New Democratic	Bill Kilger	801

1965 Canadian federal election: Stormont
	Candidate	Votes
Liberal	Lucien Lamoureux	13,530
Progressive Conservative	Ken Bergeron	7,458
New Democratic	John B. Trew	3,201

External links[]

Website of the Parliament of Canada

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