Stormont (provincial electoral district)

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

Stormont

Ontario electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Ontario
District created	1867
District abolished	1975
First contested	1867
Last contested	1971

Stormont 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 Stormont County.

Boundaries

From 1867 to 1886, the town of Cornwall was served by the separate electoral district of Cornwall; in 1886, the districts were merged, and the combined district was named Cornwall and Stormont only in the 1886 election. Its name reverted to Stormont for the 1890 election, and was not changed again until the riding's dissolution in 1975.

In the electoral redistribution of 1975, Stormont was split between the new ridings of Cornwall and Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry.

Members of Provincial Parliament

Stormont
Assembly	Years	Member		Party
1st	1867–1871		William Colquhoun	Conservative
2nd	1871–1872
	1872–1874		James Bethune	Liberal
3rd	1875–1879
4th	1879–1883		Joseph Kerr	Conservative
5th	1883–1886
6th	1886–1890		William Mack	Liberal
7th	1890–1894
8th	1894–1898		John Bennett	Liberal
9th	1898–1902		John McLaughlin	Conservative
10th	1902–1904		William John McCart	Liberal
11th	1905–1908		George Kerr	Conservative
12th	1908–1911		William John McCart	Liberal
13th	1911–1914		John Colborne Milligan	Conservative
14th	1914–1919		Robert Austin Shearer	Conservative
15th	1919–1923		James William McLeod	Liberal
16th	1923–1926		John Colborne Milligan	Conservative
17th	1926–1929		Duncan Alexander McNaughton	Conservative
18th	1929–1934
19th	1934–1937		Fergus Beck Brownridge	Liberal
20th	1937–1943
21st	1943–1945		John Lawrence McDonald	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1945–1948		William Alexander Murray	Liberal
23rd	1948–1951		John Lawrence McDonald	Progressive Conservative
24th	1951–1955		Peter Manley	Liberal
25th	1955–1959
26th	1959–1963
27th	1963–1967		Fernand Guindon	Progressive Conservative
28th	1967–1971
29th	1971–1974
	1974–1975		George Samis	New Democratic
Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Redistributed into Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry and Cornwall ridings before the 1975 election

Election results

1867 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Colquhoun	793	55.65
	Liberal	A.J. Cockburn	632	44.35
Total valid votes			1,425	81.15
Eligible voters			1,756
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario

1871 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	William Colquhoun	705	50.18
	Liberal	James Bethune	700	49.82
Turnout			1,405	74.34
Eligible voters			1,890
Election voided
Source: Elections Ontario

Ontario provincial by-election, March 21, 1872 Previous election voided
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Bethune	790	51.10	+6.75
	Conservative	William Colquhoun	756	48.90	−6.75
Total valid votes			1,546	100.0	+8.49
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+6.75
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario

1875 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Bethune	948	53.77	+3.95
	Conservative	William Colquhoun	815	46.23	−3.95
Total valid votes			1,763	77.19	+2.85
Eligible voters			2,284
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+3.95
Source: Elections Ontario

1879 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joseph Kerr	950	50.29	+4.06
	Liberal	Mr. Farran	939	49.71	−4.06
Total valid votes			1,889	71.47	−5.72
Eligible voters			2,643
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.06
Source: Elections Ontario

1951

1951 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Manley	9,383	50.32	11.85
	Progressive Conservative	John Lawrence McDonald	7,703	41.31	1.35
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Kenneth Weir	1,560	8.37	9.31
Total valid votes / eligible voters			18,646	-	26642
Turnout			18,903	70.95	1.05
Plurality			1,5680	9.01
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+5.21

1955

1955 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Manley	10,577	55.51	17.17
	Progressive Conservative	Ovila Larin	7,875	41.33	2.71
	Ind	Melvin Rowat	602	3.16	new
Total valid votes / eligible voters			19,054	-	29,012
Turnout			19,322	66.60	4.35
Plurality			2,702	14.18
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.58

1959

1959 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Manley	12,109	62.63	7.12
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Salhany	7,225	37.37	3.96
Total valid votes / eligible voters			19,334	-	31,100
Turnout			19,554	62.87	3.73
Plurality			4,884	25.26
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.54

1963

1963 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Guindon	11,101	52.74	15.37
	Liberal	Peter Manley	9,274	44.06	18.57
	New Democratic	William Kilger	675	3.21	new
Total valid votes / eligible voters			21,050	-	30,697
Turnout			21,264	69.27	6.40
Plurality			1,827	8.67
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+16.97