Cornwall was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 represented in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1867 to 1882. It was located in the province

Provinces and territories of Canada

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 of Ontario

Ontario

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. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Town of Cornwall

Cornwall, Ontario

Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost city, located on the St...

 and the Township of Cornwall.

The electoral district was abolished in 1882 when it was merged into Cornwall and Stormont

Cornwall and Stormont

Cornwall and Stormont was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 riding.

Election results

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|MACDONALD, Hon. John Sandfield

John Sandfield Macdonald

John Sandfield Macdonald, QC was the first Premier of the province of Ontario, one of the four founding provinces created at the confederation of Canada in 1867...

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|MATTICE,
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|BERGIN, Darby

Darby Bergin

Darby Bergin was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Cornwall from 1872 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1882 and then Cornwall and Stormont from 1882 to 1896 in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative member.He was born in York , Upper Canada in 1826, the son of...

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|MACDONALD, Alexander F.

Alexander Francis Macdonald

Alexander Francis Macdonald was a politician and railway contractor.The son of Alexander Macdonald, he was educated in Cornwall and at St Raphael's College. He settled in Cornwall. Macdonald was president of the Canada Cotton Company...

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|BERGIN, D.
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On Mr. Macdonald being unseated on petition, 7 September 1874:

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|MACDONALD, Alexander Francis
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|BERGIN, Darby
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|BERGIN, Darby
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|MCLENNAN, D.B.
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On Mr. Bergin being unseated on petition, 24 December 1879:

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|BERGIN, Darby
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|MCLENNNAN, D.B.
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See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history from the Library of Parliament
  Library of Parliament
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