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Glengarry and Stormont

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Glengarry and Stormont
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1914
District abolished1924
First contested1917
Last contested1921

Glengarry and Stormont was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Glengarry and Stormont ridings.

It consisted of the county of Glengarry and Stormont, with the townships of Cornwall and Roxborough, and the town of Cornwall.

The electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was redistributed between Glengarry and Stormont ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Glengarry and Stormont
13th  1917–1918     John McMartin Government (Unionist)
 1919–1921     John Wilfred Kennedy United Farmers of Ontario
14th  1921–1925     Progressive
Riding dissolved into Glengarry and Stormont

Election results

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1917 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist) John McMartin acclaimed

On Mr. McMartin's death, 12 April 1918:

By-election on 27 October 1919
Party Candidate Votes
  United FarmersLabour John Wilfred Kennedy 7,581
Government (Unionist) Chilion Longley Hervey 5,205
1921 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive John Wilfred Kennedy 6,320
Liberal Joseph Elphège Chevrier 5,942
Conservative Chilion Longley Hervey 3,892

See also

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