Glengarry (federal electoral district)

Former federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada

This article is about the former federal electoral district. For the former provincial electoral district, see Glengarry (provincial electoral district). For the pre-Confederation electoral district, see Glengarry (Province of Canada electoral district).

Glengarry
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1867, 1924
District abolished	1914, 1966
First contested	1867
Last contested	1965

Glengarry was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1917, and from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of Glengarry county.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Glengarry and Stormont riding.

It was recreated in 1924, consisting again of the county of Glengarry.

The electoral district was abolished in 1952 when it was merged into Glengarry—Prescott ridings.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	Donald Alexander Macdonald	Liberal
2nd	1872–1873
2nd	1873–1874
3rd	1874–1875
	1875–1876	Archibald McNab
	1876–1878	Archibald McNab
4th	1878–1882	John McLennan	Liberal–Conservative
5th	1882–1887	Donald Macmaster	Conservative
6th	1887–1891	Patrick Purcell	Liberal
7th	1891–1892	Roderick R. McLennan	Conservative
7th	1892–1896
8th	1896–1900
9th	1900–1904	Jacob Thomas Schell	Liberal
10th	1904–1908	Jacob Thomas Schell
11th	1908–1911	John Angus McMillan
12th	1911–1917	John Angus McMillan
Riding dissolved into Glengarry and Stormont
Riding re-created from Glengarry and Stormont
15th	1925–1926	Archibald John Macdonald	Liberal
16th	1926–1930	Archibald John Macdonald	Liberal
17th	1930–1935	Angus McGillis	Conservative
18th	1935–1940	John David MacRae	Liberal
19th	1940–1945	William MacDiarmid
20th	1945–1945	William MacDiarmid
20th	1945–1949	William Lyon Mackenzie King
21st	1949–1953	William Major
Riding dissolved into Glengarry—Prescott

Election results

1867–1917

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Macdonald	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Alexander Macdonald	1,289
	Unknown	R. H. MacDonald	193
Source: Canadian Elections Database

On Mr. Macdonald's appointment as Postmaster General for Canada, 7 November 1873:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 26 November 1873
	Liberal	Donald Alexander Macdonald	acclaimed

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Alexander Macdonald	1,288
	Unknown	A. J. Grant	612
Source: lop.parl.ca

On Mr. Macdonald's appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, 18 May 1875:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 July 1875
	Liberal	Archibald McNab	1,227
	Unknown	Donald McMillan	945

As Mr. McNab was unseated, 27 June 1876:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 31 July 1876
	Liberal	Archibald McNab	1,203
	Unknown	John McLennan	1,032

v t e 1878 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	John McLennan	1,330
	Liberal	Archibald McNab	1,269

v t e 1882 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Donald Macmaster	1,499
	Liberal	D. A. McDonald	1,276

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Patrick Purcell	2,020
	Conservative	Donald Macmaster	1,814

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roderick R. McLennan	1,953
	Liberal	Jacob Thomas Schell	1,632

As Mr. McLennan was unseated, January 1892:

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 14 January 1892
	Conservative	Roderick R. McLennan	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Roderick R. McLennan	2,486
	Patrons of Industry	James Lockie Wilson	1,752

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacob Thomas Schell	2,392
	Conservative	Roderick R. McLennan	1,772

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jacob Thomas Schell	2,349
	Conservative	Donald Robert McDonald	1,899

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Angus McMillan	2,279
	Conservative	John F. McGregor	1,958

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Angus McMillan	2,175
	Conservative	Duncan McMartin	1,949

1925–1949

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald John Macdonald	2,785
	Conservative	Angus McGillis	2,628
	Progressive	John Wilfred Kennedy	2,519

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Archibald John Macdonald	4,382
	Conservative	Duncan D. MacCuaig	3,749

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Angus McGillis	5,059
	Liberal	Joseph A. C. Huot	3,830

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John David MacRae	4,548
	Conservative	Angus McGillis	3,202
	Reconstruction	John Alexander MacDonell	1,052

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William MacDiarmid	4,578
	National Government	John David MacRae	2,813

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William MacDiarmid	4,934
	Progressive Conservative	Lionel Devaux	2,881
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John A. Dewar	411

v t e Canadian federal by-election, August 6, 1945 (1945-08-06) On William MacDiarmid's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, June 22, 1945 (1945-06-22)
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	4,551	93.33
	Independent	Richard Monahan	325	6.67
Total valid votes			4,876	100.0
Source(s) "Glengarry, Ontario (1925-09-05 - 1953-06-12)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Major	4,809
	Progressive Conservative	John D. MacLeod	3,559
	Social Credit	John Joseph Fitzgerald	300

References

Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on January 22, 2024.
Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.
"The Ontario Elections". Montreal Gazette. November 16, 1882. p. 4. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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