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 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.

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

It was created by the British North America Act 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 Dundas 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 Dundas
Riding re-created from Glengarry and Stormont and Dundas
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

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Ault	955	72.5
	Unknown	Sinclair	363	27.5
Total valid votes			1,318
Turnout (based on valid votes)			1,318	74.76
Eligible voters			1,763
Source: Elections Canada[1] and Canada Elections Database[2]

Result by municipality^[3]

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

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Archibald	828	51.1
	Liberal-Conservative	Samuel Ault	792	48.9
Total valid votes			1,620
Source: Elections Canada[4] and Canada Elections Database[5]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cyril Archibald	905	53.2
	Unknown	J. Crysler	797	46.8
Total valid votes			1,702
Turnout (based on valid votes)			1,702	78.54
Eligible voters			2,167
Source: Elections Canada[6] and Canada Elections Database[7]

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oscar Fulton	1,082	55.0
	Liberal	Cyril Archibald	885	45.0
Total valid votes			1,967
Total rejected ballots			66
Turnout			2,033	79.66	+1.12
Eligible voters			2,552
Source: Elections Canada[8] and Canada Elections Database[9]

1904–1917

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Abercrombie Pringle	2,700	51.0
	Liberal	Robert Smith	2,589	49.0
Total valid votes			5,289
Total rejected ballots			45
Turnout			5,334	76.3
Eligible voters			6,991
Source: Elections Canada[10] and Canada Elections Database[11]

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Smith	2,383	47.0
	Conservative	Robert Abercrombie Pringle	2,033	40.0
	Independent	Ambrose Fitzgerald Mulhern	658	13.0
Total valid votes			5,074
Total rejected ballots			48
Turnout			5,122	72.26	-4.04
Eligible voters			7,088
Source: Elections Canada[12] and Canada Elections Database[13]

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Orestes Alguire	2,539	51.3
	Liberal	George Ira Gogo	2,408	48.7
Total valid votes			4,947
Source: Elections Canada[14] and Canada Elections Database[15]

1925–1968

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles James Hamilton	5,706	51.4
	Liberal	George Ira Gogo	5,394	48.6
Total valid votes			11,100
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			11,100	71.96
Eligible voters			15,426
Source: Elections Canada[16] and Canada Elections Database[17]

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arnold Neilson Smith	6,623	52.1
	Conservative	Charles James Hamilton	6,083	47.9
Total valid votes			12,706
Source: Elections Canada[18] and Canada Elections Database[19]

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Thomas Shaver	7,901	51.9
	Liberal	Arnold Neilson Smith	7,326	48.1
Total valid votes			15,227
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			15,227	86.06
Eligible voters			17,649
Source: Elections Canada[20] and Canada Elections Database[21]

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	9,233	54.7
	Conservative	Frank Thomas Shaver	6,655	39.5
	Reconstruction	Nathan Copeland	980	5.8
Total valid votes			16,868
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			16,868	81.78	-4.28
Eligible voters			20.627
Source: Elections Canada[22] and Canada Elections Database[23]

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	10,197	62.2
	National Government	Elzéar Emard	6,202	37.8
Total valid votes			16,399
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			16,399	70.98	-10.8
Eligible voters			23,103
Source: Elections Canada[24] and Canada Elections Database[25]

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	11,702	62.5
	Progressive Conservative	John Allan Phillips	6,016	32.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John Charles Steer	991	5.3
Total valid votes			18,709
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			18,709	79.19	+8.21
Eligible voters			23,624
Source: Elections Canada[26] and Canada Elections Database[27]

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	12,639	60.6
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Thomas Shaver	6,670	32.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Francis Mullin	1,283	6.2
	Union of Electors	Lucien St-Amour	252	1.2
Total valid votes			20,844
Total rejected ballots			292
Turnout			21,136	80.13	+0.94
Eligible voters			26,377
Source: Elections Canada[28] and Canada Elections Database[29]

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lionel Chevrier	13,503	65.1
	Progressive Conservative	John Lawrence McDonald	7,244	34.9
Total valid votes			20,747
Total rejected ballots			252
Turnout			20,999	76.12	-4.01
Eligible voters			27,587
Source: Elections Canada[30] and Canada Elections Database[31]

Canadian federal by-election, 8 November 1954 Lionel Chevrier appointed President of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority on 1 July 1954
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Lavigne	11,441	50.8
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Robert Dick	11,091	49.2
Total valid votes			22,532
Total rejected ballots			235
Turnout			22,767	80.48	+4.36
Eligible voters			28,290
Source: Elections Canada[32] and Cornwall Standard-Freeholder[33]

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Lavigne	12,505	53.5
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Campbell	10,215	43.7
	Social Credit	Melvin Andrew Rowat	646	2.8
Total valid votes			23,366
Total rejected ballots			305
Turnout			23,671	75.24	-5.24
Eligible voters			31,462
Source: Elections Canada[34] and Canada Elections Database[35]

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Campbell	13,964	53.1
	Liberal	Albert Lavigne	11,977	45.6
	Social Credit	Melvin Andrew Rowat	331	1.3
Total valid votes			26,272
Total rejected ballots			345
Turnout			26,617	83.53	+8.29
Eligible voters			31,866
Source: Elections Canada,[36] Canada Elections Database,[37] and Cornwall Standard-Freeholder[38]

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucien Lamoureux	11,363	45.7
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Campbell	11,293	45.4
	Social Credit	Melvin Andrew Rowat	1,256	5.1
	New Democratic	Marjorie Ball	946	3.8
Total valid votes			24,858
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			24,858	80.54	-2.99
Eligible voters			30,866[39]
Note: Due to the death of Albert Lavigne, the Liberal candidate for the riding of Stormont, on June 5, 1962, the general election scheduled for June 18, 1962 was postponed in this riding until July 16, 1962.
Source: Elections Canada[40] and Canada Elections Database[41]

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucien Lamoureux	13,285	53.9
	Progressive Conservative	John Alguire	9,728	39.4
	Social Credit	Ludger Boileau	851	3.5
	New Democratic	Bill Kilger	801	3.2
Total valid votes			24,665
Turnout (based on valid votes; total votes not available)			24,665	80.3	-0.24
Eligible voters			30,716[42][43]
Source: Elections Canada[44] and the Canada Elections Database[45]

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucien Lamoureux	13,530	56.0
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Bergeron	7,458	30.8
	New Democratic	John B. Trew	3,201	13.2
Total valid votes			24,189
Total rejected ballots			215
Turnout			24,404	78.66	-1.64
Eligible voters			31,025
Source: Elections Canada[46] and Canada Elections Database[47]

See also

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