Stormont - Dundas - South Glengarry

This eastern Ontario riding lies on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River up to the Quebec border. It contains the townships of South Glengarry, North Stormont, South Stormont, North Dundas and South Dundas.

The city of Cornwall accounts for about half the riding population. The rest of the riding is largely rural and includes Winchester, Chesterville, Iroquois, Finch, Morrisburg and the part of the Akwesasne Indian Reserve that is in Ontario.

Manufacturing and the service sector are the main employers, and there is also an agriculture industry that specializes in dairy products. According to the 2006 census the average family income is $69,785 and unemployment is 6.2 per cent.

A large francophone population is concentrated in eastern parts of Cornwall, and more than 20 per cent of the population list French as their mother tongue.

Stormont-Dundas was created in 1966 from Stormont and Grenville-Dundas ridings. In 1996, boundaries were changed slightly. The riding name was changed to Stormont-Dundas-Charlottenburgh in 1999. In 2004, a small part of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell was added in the northeast and the name of the riding was changed.

Population: 99,764 (2006 census; an increase of 0.8% since 2001)

Political History

Conservative Guy Lauzon has served this riding for the past two terms. In 2006, Lauzon won over Liberal Tom Manley, receiving more than double the votes of Manley.

Lauzon defeated Liberal incumbent Bob Kilger by 3,899 votes in 2004. In 2000, Kilger defeated Lauzon, then with the Alliance, by 2,962 votes to win a fourth term as MP.

Lucien Lamoureux was MP for Stormont, initially as a Liberal, beginning in 1962. He became Speaker in 1966, then ran as an Independent in Stormont-Dundas and won in 1968 and 1972. He continued as Speaker until 1974, when he was appointed ambassador to Belgium.

Stormont-Dundas was held by Liberal Ed Lumley from 1974 to 1984. He was minister of state for trade, minister of international trade, minister of industry, trade and commerce and minister of regional economic expansion. In 1984, Conservative Norm Warner defeated Lumley.

Stormont:

• 1925 - CON
• 1926 - LIB
• 1930 - CONS
• 1935-57 inclusive - LIB
• 1958 - PC
• 1962, 1963, 1965 - LIB

Stormont-Dundas:

• 1968 - IND
• 1972 - IND
• 1974, 1979, 1980 - LIB
• 1984 - PC
• 1988, 1993, 1997 - LIB

Stormont-Dundas-Charlottenburgh:

• 2000 - LIB

Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry:

• 2004, 2006 - CON