Hastings—Frontenac

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Hastings—Frontenac (also known as Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968, and from 1979 to 2004.

1 Constituency boundaries
2 Election results
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Constituency boundaries

This riding was originally created in 1952 from parts of Frontenac—Addington and Hastings—Peterborough ridings.

It consisted of:

(a) the county of Lennox and Addington (excluding the townships of Ernestown, Fredericksburg North and Fredericksburg South, Richmond, Adolphustown, and Amherst Island);

(b) the county of Frontenac (excluding the city of Kingston and the townships of Kingston, Storrington, Pittsburgh, Howe Island, Wolfe Island (including Simcoe Island, Horse Shoe Island and Mud Island)); and

(c) the part of county of Peterborough lying east of and including the townships of Anstruther, Burleigh, Dummer and Asphodel; and

(d) the part of county of Hastings lying north of and including the townships of Rawdon, Huntingdon, Madoc and Elzevir.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistibuted between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, Peterborough and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

Hastings—Frontenac was re-created in 1976 from parts of Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

The new riding consisted of:

(a) the part of the County of Frontenac including and lying north of the Townships of Portland, Loughborough, Storrington and Pittsburg, but excluding the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg;

(b) the part of the County of Hastings including and lying north of the Townships of Marmora, Madoc and Elzevir; and

The electoral district changed name in 1981 to Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.

In 1987, it was redefined to consist of:

(a) the part of the County of Frontenac including and lying northerly of the Townships of Portland, Loughborough, Storrington and Pittsburg, but excluding the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg;

(b) the County of Lennox and Addington but excluding the Township of Armherst Island;

(c) that part of the County of Hastings lying north of and including the townships of Hungerford, Huntingdon and Rawdon and the Village of Stirling.

In 1996, it was redefined to include the Township of Armherst Island in the County of Lennox and Addington. The County of Frontenac portion of the riding was redefined as being the county, excluding the City of Kingston, the townships of Howe Island, Kingston and Wolfe Island, and the part of the Township of Pittsburgh lying south of the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (Highway No. 401).

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistibuted between Kingston and the Islands, Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington and Prince Edward—Hastings ridings.

[edit] Election results

[edit] Hastings—Frontenac 1953-1968

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	WHITE, George Stanley	11,084
	Liberal	FOSTER, Cleworth Ward	7,637

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	WHITE, George Stanley	11,602
	Liberal	WOOD, John Elmer	5,169
	Social Credit	JENKINS, Cecil Alexander	1,941

On Mr. White's appointment to the Senate, 20 August 1957:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 4 November 1957
	Progressive Conservative	SMITH, Sidney Earle	10,513
	Labour	DOWSON, Ross Jewitt	266

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	SMITH, Sidney Earle	13,983
	Liberal	SHANNON, William Arthur	5,564
	Social Credit	JENKINS, Cecil Alexander	606

On Mr. Smith's death, 17 March 1959:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 5 October 1959
	Progressive Conservative	WEBB, Rod	9,079
	Liberal	SHANNON, William Arthur	3,383

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	WEBB, Rod	12,396
	Liberal	NEAL, Thomas M.	6,248
	New Democrat	PAGE, John	2,078

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	WEBB, Rod	12,321
	Liberal	SHANNON, William A.	6,479
	New Democrat	ELLIOTT, James	989
	Social Credit	JAMES, R.H.	738

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	WEBB, Rod	11,290
	Liberal	CADWELL, Roy	5,034
	New Democrat	FROST, Roy	1,317

[edit] Hastings—Frontenac 1979-1980

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	VANKOUGHNET, Bill	17,537
	Liberal	VASTOKAS, Ron	11,176
	New Democrat	ARSENEAULT, Kevin	5,691
	Independent	BAKER, Ross	417

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	VANKOUGHNET, Bill	14,211
	Liberal	VASTOKAS, Ron	13,132
	New Democrat	ARSENEAULT, Kevin	5,895
	Independent	BAKER, Ross	342

[edit] Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	VANKOUGHNET, Bill	19,996
	Liberal	VASTOKAS, Ron	9,757
	New Democrat	FORTH, Donna	5,349
	Independent	BAKER, Ross	441

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	VANKOUGHNET, Bill	17,247
	Liberal	SMITH, Earl	16,379
	New Democrat	ACTON, Bud	7,455
	Christian Heritage	WELSMAN, Richard	1,598
	Independent	BAKER, Ross	478

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCCORMICK, Larry	24,085
	Progressive Conservative	VANKOUGHNET, Bill	10,963
	Reform	OLLERENSHAW, Stephen	8,851
	New Democrat	LAMBECK, Betty Hay	2,012
	National	HILSON, Bob	997
	Independent	WALCZAK, T. Cheemo	clown 752
	Independent	BAKER, Ross	413

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCCORMICK, Larry	18,399
	Progressive Conservative	KRAMP, Daryl	12,227
	Reform	MCADAM, Sean	12,045
	New Democrat	SNEFJELLA, Robert	3,255
	Christian Heritage	SWITZER, Kenneth L.	505
	Natural Law	NEWBY, Lester	189

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	MCCORMICK, Larry	16,996
	Canadian Alliance	MCADAM, Sean	13,227
	Progressive Conservative	KRAMP, Daryl	10,231
	New Democrat	O'NEILL, Tom	2,200
	Green	WALKER, Chris	516
	Independent	BAKER, Ross	207
	Canadian Action	ISAACS, Paul	156
	Not affiliated	SWITZER, Kenneth	43