Glengarry (provincial electoral district)

This article is about the former provincial electoral district. For the former federal electoral district, see Glengarry (federal electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Glengarry (Province of Canada electoral district).

Glengarry 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 Glengarry County.

Glengarry

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1973
First contested	1867
Last contested	1971

In the electoral redistribution of 1975, Glengarry was merged into Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry, which became Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry and East Grenville in 1987.

There was a Glengarry district used to elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada previous to Confederation, starting in 1792.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Glengarry
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		James Craig	Conservative
2nd	1871–1874
3rd	1875–1879		Alexander James Grant	Independent Liberal
4th	1879–1882		Donald Macmaster	Conservative
	1882–1883		James Rayside	Liberal
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		David Murdoch McPherson	Patrons of Industry
9th	1898–1902		Donald Robert McDonald	Conservative
10th	1902–1904		William Duncan McLeod
11th	1905–1908		John Angus McMillan	Liberal
12th	1908–1911		Donald Robert McDonald	Conservative
13th	1911–1914		Hugh Munro	Liberal
14th	1914–1919
15th	1919–1923		Duncan Alexander Ross	United Farmers
16th	1923–1926		James Alexander Sangster	Liberal
17th	1926–1929		Angus McGillis	Conservative
18th	1929–1934		James Alexander Sangster	Liberal
19th	1934–1937
20th	1937–1943		Edmund MacGillivray
21st	1943–1945
22nd	1945–1948
23rd	1948–1951		Osie Villeneuve	Progressive Conservative
24th	1951–1955
25th	1955–1957
	1957–1959		Fernand Guindon
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Osie Villeneuve
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1975
Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry
28th	1975–1977		Osie Villeneuve	Progressive Conservative
30th	1977–1981
31st	1981–1983
	1983–1985		Noble Villeneuve
32nd	1985–1987
Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry and East Grenville
33rd	1987–1990		Noble Villeneuve	Progressive Conservative
34th	1990–1995
35th	1995–1999
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1]
Merged into Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh before the 1999 election

Election results

v t e 1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Craig	1,149	56.71
	Liberal	A. McNab	877	43.29
Total valid votes			2,026	82.59
Eligible voters			2,453
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[2]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Craig	962	52.89	−3.83
	Liberal	R.R. McLennan	857	47.11	+3.83
Turnout			1,819	72.30	−10.29
Eligible voters			2,516
	Conservative hold		Swing		−3.83
Source: Elections Ontario[3]

v t e 1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Alexander James Grant	1,125	51.07
	Liberal	A. McNab	1,078	48.93	+1.82
Turnout			2,203	74.08	+1.78
Eligible voters			2,974
	Independent Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		−0.91
Source: Elections Ontario[4]

v t e 1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Macmaster	1,331	50.78
	Liberal	James Rayside	1,290	49.22	+0.28
Total valid votes			2,621	74.31	+0.24
Eligible voters			3,527
	Conservative gain from Independent Liberal		Swing		−0.14
Source: Elections Ontario[5]