Cornwall and Stormont

Cornwall and Stormont was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1882 from parts of Cornwall and Stormont ridings.

It consisted of the town of Cornwall and the townships of Cornwall, Osnabruck, Finch and Roxborough.

The electoral district was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into Stormont riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Cornwall and Stormont
5th	1882–1887		Darby Bergin	Liberal–Conservative
6th	1887–1891
7th	1891–1896
8th	1896–1896
	1896–1900		John Goodall Snetsinger	Liberal
9th	1900–1904		Robert Abercrombie Pringle	Conservative
Riding dissolved into Stormont

Election results

1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Darby Bergin	1,819
	Unknown	James Bethune	1,370

1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Darby Bergin	2,077
	Liberal	Donald B. McLennan	1,906

1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	BERGIN, Darby	1,838
	Patrons of Industry	ADAMS, John G.	1,513
	Liberal	SNETSINGER, John G.	1,456

On Mr. Bergin's death, 22 October 1896:

By-election on 19 December 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	SNETSINGER, J.G.	2,617
	Conservative	LEITCH, James	2,025

1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	PRINGLE, Robert A.	2,562
	Liberal	MULHERN, Ambrose F.	2,411

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament