# Stormont (provincial electoral district)

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 | William Colquhoun | Conservative |
| 2nd | 1872–1874 | James Bethune | Liberal |
| 3rd | 1875–1879 | James Bethune | Liberal |
| 4th | 1879–1883 | Joseph Kerr | Conservative |
| 5th | 1883–1886 | Joseph Kerr | Conservative |
| 6th | 1886–1890 | William Mack | Liberal |
| 7th | 1890–1894 | William Mack | Liberal |
| 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 | Duncan Alexander McNaughton | Conservative |
| 19th | 1934–1937 | Fergus Beck Brownridge | Liberal |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Fergus Beck Brownridge | Liberal |
| 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 | Peter Manley | Liberal |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | Peter Manley | Liberal |
| 27th | 1963–1967 | Fernand Guindon | Progressive Conservative |
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Fernand Guindon | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 1971–1974 | Fernand Guindon | Progressive Conservative |
| 29th | 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

vte1867 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Colquhoun | 793 | 55.65 |
| | Liberal | A.J. Cockburn | 632 | 44.35 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,425 | 81.15 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 1,756 |
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| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1871 Ontario general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William Colquhoun | 705 | 50.18 |
| | Liberal | James Bethune | 700 | 49.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,405 | 74.34 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 1,890 |
| Election voided |||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vteOntario 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,546 | 100.0 | +8.49 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +6.75 |
| Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario$^{:357}$ |||||||
vte1875 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,763 | 77.19 | +2.85 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 2,284 |
| | Liberal gain from Conservative | Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | Swing | +3.95 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||
vte1879 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,889 | 71.47 | −5.72 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 2,643 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +4.06 |
| Source: Elections Ontario |||||||