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♂ Ronald A. Stewart
aliasRonald A. Stewart
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
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Canada 3 0 3
Birth 13 April 1927 → 97 years ago
Lived 94 years + 8 months
First mandate 22 May 1979 → 44 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 52 years + 1 month
Death 10 January 2022 → 2 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 33 years + 1 month after 20 November 1988
Special notes
None
 
Ronald A. Stewart (1927–2022)
© Photo 1984 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
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Well that's interesting!
A Progressive Conservative MP from Ontario from 1979 to 1988, Stewart was responsible for tabling the private member's bill in the 1980s that led to "O Canada" being officially adopted as the country's national anthem.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 9 5 28

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Bruce Owen  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Paul Wessenger  m 
 
Eligible: 63,374 Votes: 46,477 Participation: 73.34% Candidacies: 3
Federal
31		 Ontario
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4482(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
52
PC
 1/3 25,483 54.83% +12,796 Loser:
LIB
 12,687 27.30% Ray Ramsay

Service: 8 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,374 Votes: 45,540 Participation: 71.86% Candidacies: 3
Federal
32		 Ontario
18 February 1980
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4200(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
PC
 1/3 19,768 43.53% +3,594 Loser:
LIB
 16,174 35.61% Bruce Owen

Service: 4 years 6 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 70,131 Votes: 53,075 Participation: 75.68% Candidacies: 3
Federal
33		 Ontario
4 September 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3919(F) — 12 Feb 2022 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
PC
 1/3 30,702 58.05% +16,796 Loser:
LIB
 13,906 26.29% Bruce Owen

Service: 4 years 2 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,665 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3646(F) — 18 Dec 2023 21:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
PC
 26,732 47.18% John E. Cole

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ronald Alexander Stewart, M.P.		 02 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ronald Alexander Stewart, député		 02 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ronald Stewart		 02 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 Feb 2024 22:45 (but data presented dynamically)

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