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♂ Donald Stewart
aliasDonald Stewart
Record
59019 · 4537

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 1 3
Birth c. 1946
Age ± 78 years
First mandate 18 June 1979 → 44 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 33 years
 
Mandate ended 39 years + 27 days ago (1 April 1985)
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 9 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Roger C. Simmons  m 
 		 ⊖ C. Jack Winsor  m 
 
Eligible: 5,583 Votes: 3,801 Participation: 68.08% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14500(F) — 17 Jun 2023 11:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±33
PC
 1/4 1,770 46.79% +260 Loser:
LIB
 1,510 39.92% C. Jack Winsor

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,583 Votes: 4,003 Participation: 71.70% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14448(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±36
PC
 1/2 2,446 61.47% +913 Loser:
LIB
 1,533 38.53% John S. Rideout

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,116 Votes: 4,961 Participation: 81.12% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14396(F) — 27 Feb 2022 16:35 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±39
PC
 2/3 2,254 45.57% -281 Winner:
LIB
 2,535 51.25% Roger C. Simmons

Online biographical reference

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Don Stewart (Canadian politician)		 23 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Oct 2023 22:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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