Hastings—Frontenac

Hastings—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968, and from 1979 to 1980.

Hastings—Frontenac

Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952, 1976
District abolished	1966, 1981
First contested	1953
Last contested	1984

Constituency boundaries

This riding was originally created in 1952 from parts of Frontenac—Addington and Hastings—Peterborough ridings.

It consisted of:

(a) the county of Lennox and Addington (excluding the townships of Ernestown, Fredericksburg North and Fredericksburg South, Richmond, Adolphustown, and Amherst Island);

(b) the county of Frontenac (excluding the city of Kingston and the townships of Kingston, Storrington, Pittsburgh, Howe Island, Wolfe Island (including Simcoe Island, Horse Shoe Island and Mud Island)); and

(c) the part of county of Peterborough lying east of and including the townships of Anstruther, Burleigh, Dummer and Asphodel; and

(d) the part of county of Hastings lying north of and including the townships of Rawdon, Huntingdon, Madoc and Elzevir.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, Peterborough and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

Hastings—Frontenac was re-created in 1976 from parts of Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

The new riding consisted of:

(a) the part of the County of Frontenac including and lying north of the Townships of Portland, Loughborough, Storrington and Pittsburg, but excluding the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg;

(b) the part of the County of Hastings including and lying north of the Townships of Marmora, Madoc and Elzevir; and

(c) the County of Lennox and Addington, but excluding the Township of Armherst Island.

The electoral district changed name in 1981 to Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Frontenac—Addington and Hastings—Peterborough
22nd	1953–1957		George Stanley White	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1957
	1957–1958		Sidney Earle Smith
24th	1958–1959†
	1959–1962		Rod Webb
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, Peterborough and Victoria—Haliburton
Riding re-created from Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings and Victoria—Haliburton
31st	1979–1980		Bill Vankoughnet	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
Riding renamed Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Election results

Hastings—Frontenac 1953-1968

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Stanley White	11,084
	Liberal	Cleworth Ward Foster	7,637

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	George Stanley White	11,602
	Liberal	John Elmer Wood	5,169
	Social Credit	Cecil Alexander Jenkins	1,941

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 4, 1957 Appointment of George Stanley White to the Senate
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Earle Smith	10,513
	Labour	Ross Dowson	266
Library of Parliament[1]

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Sidney Earle Smith	13,983
	Liberal	William Arthur Shannon	5,564
	Social Credit	Cecil Alexander Jenkins	606

On Mr. Smith's death, 17 March 1959:

By-election on 5 October 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Webb	9,079
	Liberal	William Arthur Shannon	3,383

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Webb	12,396
	Liberal	Thomas M. Neal	6,248
	New Democratic	John Page	2,078

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Webb	12,321
	Liberal	William A. Shannon	6,479
	New Democratic	James Elliott	989
	Social Credit	R. H. James	738

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Rod Webb	11,290
	Liberal	Roy Cadwell	5,034
	New Democratic	Roy Frost	1,317

Hastings—Frontenac 1979-1980

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Vankoughnet	17,537
	Liberal	Ron Vastokas	11,176
	New Democratic	Kevin Arseneault	5,691
	Independent	Ross Baker	417

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Vankoughnet	14,211
	Liberal	Ron Vastokas	13,132
	New Democratic	Kevin Arseneault	5,895
	Independent	Ross Baker	342

See also

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