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♂ John A. Stewart
aliasJohn A. Stewart
Record
59071 · 10426

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 3 November 1877 → 146 years + 5 months ago
Lived ± 82 years
First mandate 24 February 1926 → 98 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 3 months
Death c. 1960 → 64 years ago
Exit → Death ± 31 years + 3 months after 30 September 1928
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 2 7 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Edward C. Doyle  m 
⊖ Alonzo A. Martell  m 
 		 ⊖ Benjamin A. LeBlanc  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
24 February 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18097(F) — 23 Oct 2023 22:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
48
LC
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 2 years 7 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 12,356 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18114(F) — 23 Oct 2023 22:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LC
 4/4 2,951 47.77% -199 Winner:
LIB
 3,150 50.99% Edward C. Doyle

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
John Angus Stewart		 23 Oct 2023
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Stewart, John Angus (p. 210)		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 22:47 (but data presented dynamically)

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