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Cornwall (federal electoral district)

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Cornwall was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867. It consisted of the Town of Cornwall and the Township of Cornwall.

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

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Parliament	Years		Party
1st	1867–1872	John Sandfield Macdonald	Liberal
2nd	1872–1874	Darby Bergin	Liberal–Conservative
3rd	1874–1874	Alexander Francis Macdonald	Liberal
3rd	1874–1878	Alexander Francis Macdonald	Liberal
4th	1878–1880	Darby Bergin	Liberal–Conservative
4th	1880–1882	Darby Bergin	Liberal–Conservative
Riding dissolved into Cornwall and Stormont

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Sandfield Macdonald	451
	Unknown	? Mattice	295
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[1]

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal–Conservative	Darby Bergin	acclaimed
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[2]

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander Francis Macdonald	471
	Liberal–Conservative	Darby Bergin	448

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 20 October 1874
	Liberal	MACDONALD, Alexander Francis	471
	Liberal–Conservative	BERGIN, Darby	448

Cornwall (federal electoral district)