Frontenac—Addington was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington ridings.
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal electoral district | |
| Legislature | House of Commons |
| District created | 1924 |
| District abolished | 1952 |
| First contested | 1925 |
| Last contested | 1949 |
It initially consisted of the county of Frontenac (excluding the city of Kingston and the village of Portsmouth), and part of the county of Lennox and Addington lying east and north of and including the townships of Camden and Ernestown.
In 1933, the Lennox and Addington portion of the riding was redefined to consist of the county of Lennox and Addington excluding the townships of Ernestown, Fredericksburgh North and Fredericksburgh South, Richmond, Adolphustown and Amherst Island.
The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed between Hastings—Frontenac and Kingston ridings.
Members of Parliament
editThis riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding created from Frontenac and Lennox and Addington | ||||
| 15th | 1925–1926 | John Wesley Edwards | Conservative | |
| 16th | 1926–1929† | |||
| 1929–1930 | William Spankie | |||
| 17th | 1930–1934† | |||
| 1934–1935 | Colin Campbell | Liberal | ||
| 18th | 1935–1937 | |||
| 1937–1940 | Angus Neil McCallum | |||
| 19th | 1940–1945 | Wilbert Ross Aylesworth | National Government | |
| 20th | 1945–1949 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 21st | 1949–1953 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Hastings—Frontenac and Kingston | ||||
Election results
edit| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Wesley Edwards | 7,322 | ||||||
| Progressive | William Samuel Reed | 4,554 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | John Wesley Edwards | 7,802 | ||||||
| Progressive | Robert John Bushell | 5,158 | ||||||
On Mr. Edwards' death, 18 April 1929:
| By-election on 22 July 1929 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Spankie | acclaimed | |||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Conservative | William Spankie | 7,432 | ||||||
| Liberal | Samuel Dudley Stinchcombe | 4,061 | ||||||
On Mr. Spankie's death, 27 May 1934:
| By-election on 24 September 1934 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Colin Campbell | 9,488 | |||
| Conservative | Wilbert Ross Aylesworth | 6,917 | |||
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Colin Campbell | 7,250 | ||||||
| Conservative | John Abbott Pringle | 6,831 | ||||||
| Reconstruction | Harold Isadore Hellmuth | 345 | ||||||
On Mr. Campbell's resignation, 11 August 1937, in order to take part in the provincial elections:
| By-election on 1 November 1937 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Angus Neil McCallum | acclaimed | |||
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| National Government | Wilbert Ross Aylesworth | 6,154 | ||||||
| Liberal | Angus Neil McCallum | 6,028 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilbert Ross Aylesworth | 7,707 | ||||||
| Liberal | Harold Allen Walker | 5,432 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Henry Lennox Cartwright | 592 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Wilbert Ross Aylesworth | 7,724 | ||||||
| Liberal | Thomas Howard Dixon | 6,490 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Myrtle M. Morrisson | 767 | ||||||
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