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Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

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Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
District created1966
District abolished1976
First contested1968
Last contested1974

Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Hastings—Frontenac, Kingston, Lanark, Prince Edward—Lennox, Renfrew North and Renfrew South ridings.

It consisted of:

  • in the county of Frontenac: the Townships of Barrie, Bedford, North Canonto, South Canonto, Clarendon, Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Loughborough, Miller, Olden, Oso, Palmerston, Portland and Storrington, and the north east part of the Township of Pittsburgh;
  • in the County of Lanark: the Townships of Bathurst, Dalhousie, Lavant, North Sherbrooke and South Sherbrooke;
  • in the County of Lennox and Addington: the Townships of Abinger, Adolphustown, Anglesea, Ashby, Camden, Denbigh, Effingham, Ernestown, North Fredericksburgh, South Fredericksburgh, Kaladar, Richmond and Sheffield;
  • in the County of Renfrew: the Townships of North Algona, South Algona, Brougham, Brudenell, Grattan, Griffith, Hagarty, Lyndoch, Matawatchan, Radcliffe, Raglan, geden, Sebastopol and Wilberforce.

The electoral district was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed between Hastings—Frontenac, Kingston and the Islands, Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke ridings.

Members of Parliament

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This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament Years Member Party
Riding created from Hastings—Frontenac, Kingston, Lanark,
Prince Edward—Lennox, Renfrew North and Renfrew South
28th  1968–1972     Douglas Alkenbrack Progressive Conservative
29th  1972–1974
30th  1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Hastings—Frontenac, Kingston and the Islands,
Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton and Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Election results

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1968 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Douglas Alkenbrack 11,801
Liberal Peter C. Connolly 9,953
New Democratic John Moss 2,730
Independent PC Clarence A. Milligan 571
1972 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Douglas Alkenbrack 16,563
Liberal Peter MacKinnon 9,206
New Democratic Mary Lloyd-Jones 3,283
1974 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Douglas Alkenbrack 14,102
Liberal Grace Stalker 10,961
New Democratic Wm. Bud Acton 4,157

See also

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