Alan Carl Stewart, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alan Carl Stewart

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1893

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1958

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Alan Carl Stewart

  • Alan Carl Stewart (September 27, 1893 – July 26, 1958) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician. Born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, the son of Robert Whiteside Stewart and Savilla Mary Maud, he was educated in Moosomin and at the University of Manitoba.
  • Stewart was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1929.
  • He won as an independent for the constituency of Yorkton, but was given a position as Minister of Highways within the coalition government led by Tory premier James Thomas Milton Anderson.
  • He served as Minister of Highways until the fall of the government in 1934.
  • In the 1934 election he ran as a Conservative, but lost to the Liberal candidate, Vincent Reynolds Smith.
  • He was re-elected in 1938 under the Unity party, serving until 1944.Stewart was elected as a Liberal to the House of Commons representing the federal riding of Yorkton, serving as a member of the Liberal government led by Louis St.
  • Laurent from 1949 to 1953.
  • He retired from politics due to ill health.Stewart served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I; he was severely injured at Passchendaele.
  • A lawyer by profession, he served as solicitor for the city of Yorkton.
  • He was also president of the Yorkton Board of Trade and Yorkton's first mayor.
  • In 1922, he married Gladys Mae McDougall.He died in Long Beach, California at the age of 64.

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