Jack Stewart (Western Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
About Jack Stewart (Western Australian politician)
- Jack McKay Stewart (15 April 1912 – 5 November 1998) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1968 to 1971, representing the seat of Merredin-Yilgarn. Stewart was born in Perth to Isabella (née Carmichael) and Alexander Stewart.
- He attended Scotch College, but left school at the age of 15 to help manage the family farm at Bruce Rock.
- Stewart took over the farm completely in 1939.
- He was prominent in local agricultural circles, and served on the Bruce Rock Shire Council from 1946 to 1963, including as shire president from 1952.
- Stewart first stood for parliament at the 1965 state election, but lost to the sitting Labor member, Lionel Kelly.
- He recontested Merredin-Yilgarn in 1968, following Kelly's retirement, and was elected.
- Stewart's time in parliament was short-lived, however, as he was defeated by Labor's Jim Brown at the 1971 election.
- He retired to Perth in 1977, and died there in November 1998, aged 86.
- He had married Isobel Lillian Haldane in 1944, with whom he had two children.
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