Hastings—Frontenac

Hastings—Frontenac
Ontario electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1952, 1976
District abolished	1966, 1981
First contested	1953
Last contested	1984

Hastings—Frontenac was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968, and from 1979 to 1980.

Constituency boundaries edit

This riding was originally created in 1952 from parts of Frontenac—Addington and Hastings—Peterborough ridings.

It consisted of:

(a) the county of Lennox and Addington (excluding the townships of Ernestown, Fredericksburg North and Fredericksburg South, Richmond, Adolphustown, and Amherst Island);

(b) the county of Frontenac (excluding the city of Kingston and the townships of Kingston, Storrington, Pittsburgh, Howe Island, Wolfe Island (including Simcoe Island, Horse Shoe Island and Mud Island)); and

(c) the part of county of Peterborough lying east of and including the townships of Anstruther, Burleigh, Dummer and Asphodel; and

(d) the part of county of Hastings lying north of and including the townships of Rawdon, Huntingdon, Madoc and Elzevir.

The electoral district was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed between Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, Peterborough and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

Hastings—Frontenac was re-created in 1976 from parts of Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, and Victoria—Haliburton ridings.

The new riding consisted of:

(a) the part of the County of Frontenac including and lying north of the Townships of Portland, Loughborough, Storrington and Pittsburg, but excluding the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg;

(b) the part of the County of Hastings including and lying north of the Townships of Marmora, Madoc and Elzevir; and

(c) the County of Lennox and Addington, but excluding the Township of Armherst Island.

The electoral district changed name in 1981 to Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington.

Members of Parliament edit

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Frontenac—Addington and Hastings—Peterborough
22nd	1953–1957	George Stanley White	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1957	George Stanley White
23rd	1957–1958	Sidney Earle Smith
24th	1958–1959†	Sidney Earle Smith
24th	1959–1962	Rod Webb
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings, Peterborough and Victoria—Haliburton
Riding re-created from Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Hastings and Victoria—Haliburton
31st	1979–1980	Bill Vankoughnet	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984	Bill Vankoughnet	Progressive Conservative
Riding renamed Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Election results edit