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Glengarry was an electoral riding in
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
,
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. It was created in 1867 at the time of
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and was abolished in 1973 before the 1975 election. The riding roughly corresponded to the territory of
Glengarry County Glengarry County, an area covering , is a former county in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is historically known for its settlement of Scottish Highlanders. Glengarry County now consists of the modern-day townships of North Glengarry and South ...
. In the electoral redistribution of 1975, Glengarry was merged into
Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry (SDG) is an upper-tier municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario that comprises three historical counties and excludes the City of Cornwall and the Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne. However, ...
. There was a Glengarry district used to elect a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the elected part of the legislature for the province of Upper Canada, functioning as the lower house in the Parliament of Upper Canada. Its legislative power was subject to veto by the appointed Lis ...
previous to Confederation, starting in 1792.


Members of Provincial Parliament


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glengarry (provincial electoral district) Former provincial electoral districts of Ontario