Duncan Alexander Stewart (1850-1936)

Farmer, municipal official, MP (1900-1904).

Born at Anchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland on 30 June 1850, son of John Stewart and Catherine Robertson, he attended Carleton Place (Ontario) High School and McGill University, becoming a farmer near Louise Station, Manitoba. He married Marjorie Cameron McIntyre on 8 October 1883. He served as a Public School Inspector and Clerk for the Rural Municipality of Louise, and Treasurer of Rock Lake County. He was elected to the House of Commons for Lisgar at a by-election in February 1902. He sat until the dissolution of the 9th Parliament but was not a candidate in 1904. He died on 18 December 1936, in the RM of Louise.

Sources:

Death registration for D. A. Stewart, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Profile revised: 22 May 2008

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