Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Ontario electoral district
	Boundaries of the riding as compared to others of the 1996 redistribution
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1983
District abolished	2003
First contested	1984
Last contested	2000

Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 2003, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2007.

Geography

The federal riding was created in 1976 when Hastings—Frontenac was renamed. The riding initially consisted of:

that part of the County of Frontenac including and lying northerly of the Townships of Portland, Loughborough, Storrington and Pittsburg, but excluding the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg;
that part of the County of Hastings including and lying northerly of the Townships of Marmora, Madoc and Elzevir;
the County of Lennox and Addington, but excluding the Township of Armherst Island.

In 1987, the riding was re-defined to consist of:

that part of the County of Frontenac including and lying northerly of the Townships of Portland, Loughborough, Storrington and Pittsburg, but excluding the southwest part of the Township of Pittsburg;
the County of Lennox and Addington but excluding the Township of Armherst Island;
that part of the County of Hastings lying northerly of the southerly boundary of the townships of Hungerford, Huntingdon and Rawdon and the southerly limit of the Village of Stirling.

In 1996, the riding was re-defined to consist of:

the County of Frontenac, excepting the City of Kingston, the townships of Howe Island, Kingston and Wolfe Island, and that part of the Township of Pittsburgh lying south of the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway;
the County of Lennox and Addington;
that part of the County of Hastings lying northerly of the southerly boundary of the townships of Hungerford, Huntingdon and Rawdon, and the southerly limit of the Village of Stirling.

The electoral district was abolished in 2003 when it was redistributed into the Kingston and the Islands, Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, and Prince Edward—Hastings ridings.

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years		Party
Riding created from Hastings—Frontenac
33rd	1984–1988	Bill Vankoughnet	Progressive Conservative
34th	1988–1993	Bill Vankoughnet	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Larry McCormick	Liberal
36th	1997–2000
37th	2000–2004
Riding dissolved into Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward—Hastings and Kingston and the Islands

2003 Ontario general election
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Leona Dombrowsky	21,548	51.89	+5.15
Progressive Conservative	Barry F. Gordon	13,709	33.01	-9.51
New Democratic	Ross Sutherland	4,286	10.32	+3.43
Green	Adam Scott	1,311	3.16	+1.84
Family Coalition	John-Henry Westen	673	1.62	+0.42

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