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Glengarry 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
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 from 1867 to 1917, and from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and consisted of Glengarry county
Glengarry County, Ontario
thumb|right|Glengarry located within OntarioGlengarry County , an area covering , is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario, and is historically known for its settlement of Scottish Highlanders due to the Highland Clearances.Glengarry was founded in 1792 by Scottish loyalists, mainly from...

.

The electoral district was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into Glengarry and Stormont
Glengarry and Stormont
Glengarry and Stormont was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 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 Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

:
  1. Donald Alexander Macdonald
    Donald Alexander Macdonald
    Donald Alexander Macdonald, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in 1817 in St. Raphael's, Ontario, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Ontario, Alexander Macdonell...

    , Liberal
    Liberal Party of Canada
    The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

     (1867-1875)
  2. Archibald McNab
    Archibald McNab
    Archibald McNab was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Glengarry in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1875 to 1878....

    , Liberal (1875-1878)
  3. John McLennan
    John McLennan
    John McLennan was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Glengarry as a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1879 to 1882....

    , Liberal-Conservative (1878-1882)
  4. Donald Macmaster, Conservative
    Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
    The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

     (1882-1887)
  5. Patrick Purcell
    Patrick Purcell
    Patrick Purcell was a railway contractor and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Glengarry in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1887 to 1891....

    , Liberal (1887-1891)
  6. Roderick R. McLennan
    Roderick R. McLennan
    Roderick R. McLennan was a Canadian politician.Born in Charlottenburgh, Canada West, the third son of Roderick McLennan, McLennan worked in construction of railways and other public works, including sections of the Canadian Pacific Railway north of Lake Superior...

    , Conservative (1891-1900)
  7. Jacob T. Schell, Liberal (1900-1908)
  8. John Angus McMillan
    John Angus McMillan
    John Angus McMillan was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Glengarry in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1908 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1917 as a Liberal member.He was born in Alexandria, Ontario, the son of Duncan McMillan, and grew up...

    , Liberal (1908-1917)

  1. Archibald John Macdonald
    Archibald John Macdonald
    Archibald John Macdonald was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Lancaster, Ontario and became a merchant....

    , Liberal (1925-1930)
  2. Angus McGillis
    Angus McGillis
    Angus McGillis was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Glengarry in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1929 and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1930 to 1935 as a Conservative member.He was born in Williamstown, Ontario, the son of Hugh McGillis, and was...

    , Conservative (1930-1935)
  3. John David MacRae
    John David MacRae
    John David MacRae was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Apple Hill, Ontario and became a farmer.MacRae served as councillor and reeve of Kenyon Township....

    , Liberal (1935-1940)
  4. William B. MacDiarmid, Liberal (1940-1945)
  5. William Lyon Mackenzie King
    William Lyon Mackenzie King
    William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

    , Liberal (1945-1949)
  6. William J. Major, Liberal (1949-1953)

Election results

|-

|MACDONALD, Donald Alexander
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-

|MACDONALD, Donald Alexander
|align="right"| 1,289
|-

|MACDONALD, R.H.
|align="right"|193
|}

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

|-

|MACDONALD, Donald Alexander
|align="right"|acclaimed
|}
|-

|MACDONALD, Hon. Donald Alexander
|align="right"|1,288
|-

|GRANT, A.J.
|align="right"| 612
|}

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

|-

|MCNAB, Archibald
|align="right"| 1,227
|-

|MCMILLAN, Donald
|align="right"|945
|}

As Mr. McNab was unseated, 27 June 1876:

|-

|MCNAB, Archibald
|align="right"| 1,203
|-

|MCLENNAN, John
|align="right"| 1,032
|}
|-

|MCLENNAN, John
|align="right"| 1,330
|-

|MCNAB, A.
|align="right"| 1,269
|}
|-

|MACMASTER, Donald
|align="right"| 1,499
|-

|MCDONALD, D.A.
|align="right"|1,276
|}
|-

|PURCELL, P.
|align="right"| 2,020
|-

|MACMASTER, Donald
|align="right"| 1,814
|}
|-

|MCLENNAN, Roderick R.
|align="right"| 1,953
|-

|SCHELL, Jacob T.
|align="right"| 1,632
|}

As Mr. McLennan was unseated, January 1892:

|-

|MCLENNAN, Roderick R.
|align="right"| acclaimed
|}
|-

|MCLENNAN, Roderick R.
|align="right"| 2,486
|-

|WILSON, James Lockie
|align="right"|1,752
|}
|-

|SCHELL, Jacob T.
|align="right"| 2,392
|-

|MCLENNAN, Roderick R.
|align="right"| 1,772
|}
|-

|SCHELL, Jacob Thomas
|align="right"| 2,349
|-

|MCDONALD, Donald Robt.
|align="right"| 1,899
|}
|-

|MCMILLAN, John Angus
|align="right"| 2,279
|-

|MCGREGOR, John F.
|align="right"| 1,958
|}
|-

|MCMILLAN, John Angus
|align="right"| 2,175
|-

|MCMARTIN, Duncan
|align="right"|1,949
|}
|-

|MACDONALD, Archibald John
|align="right"|2,785
|-

|MCGILLIS, Angus
|align="right"| 2,628
|-

|KENNEDY, John Wilfred
|align="right"|2,519
|}
|-

|MACDONALD, Archibald John
|align="right"| 4,382
|-

|MACCUAIG, Duncan D.
|align="right"| 3,749
|}
|-

|MCGILLIS, Angus
|align="right"| 5,059
|-

|HUOT, Joseph A.C.
|align="right"| 3,830
|}
|-

|MACRAE, John David
|align="right"| 4,548
|-

|MCGILLIS, Angus
|align="right"| 3,202
|-

|MACDONELL, John Alexander
|align="right"| 1,052
|}
|-

|MACDIARMID, William B.
|align="right"| 4,578
|-

|MACRAE, John W.
|align="right"| 2,813
|}
|-

|MACDIARMID, William B.
|align="right"| 4,934
|-

|DEVAUX, Lionel
|align="right"|2,881
|-

|DEWAR, John A.
|align="right"| 411
|}

On Mr. MacDiarmid's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 22 June 1945:

|-

|KING, Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie
|align="right"| 4,551
|-

|MONAHAN, Richard
|align="right"| 325
|}
|-

|MAJOR, William J.
|align="right"| 4,809
|-

|MACLEOD, John D.
|align="right"|3,559
|-

|FITZGERALD, John Joseph
|align="right"|300
|}

See also


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