Stormont (federal electoral district)

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the former provincial electoral district, see Stormont (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Stormont (Province of Canada 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	Member		Party
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 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
	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
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Ault	955
	Unknown	Sinclair	363
Source: Canadian Elections Database

Result by municipality

Municipality	Ault	Sinclair	Total vote	Eligible voters
Finch Township	231	64	295	399
Roxborough Township	107	206	313	421
Osnabrook Township	617	93	710	943
Total	955	363	1,318	1,763

1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Cyril Archibald	828
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Ault	792
Source: Canadian Elections Database

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

1904–1917

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

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

1925–1968

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

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

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

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	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
Party	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
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
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert Lavigne	12,505
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Campbell	10,215
	Social Credit	Melvin Andrew Rowat	646

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

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	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
Party	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
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Lucien Lamoureux	13,530
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Bergeron	7,458
	New Democratic	John B. Trew	3,201

See also

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

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada