Frontenac—Addington (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal electoral district. For the provincial electoral district, see Frontenac—Addington (provincial electoral district).

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.

Frontenac—Addington

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

This 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

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

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

See also

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

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament