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♂ W. F.-Alan Stewart
aliasW. F.-Alan Stewart
Record
59131 · 5533

Anglican   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 7 1 8
Birth 11 July 1885 → 138 years + 9 months ago
Lived 70 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1927 → 96 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 41 years + 11 months
Death 5 February 1956 → 68 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
W. F.-Alan Stewart (1885–1956) 200x220
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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
Prince Edward Island 24 7 20 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 41
LIB
 1 Speaker 45–46 15 Jan 1931 — 05 Aug 1931 0 6 21
2. PE 44
LIB
 2 Speaker 53–58 18 May 1939 — 14 Sep 1943 4 3 27

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Walter G. MacKenzie  m  (3 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Frank S. Myers  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,269 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Prince Edward Island
25 June 1927
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25504(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 1/2 1,150 50.68% +31 Loser:
CONS
 1,119 49.32% Walter G. MacKenzie

Service: 4 years 1 month 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,390 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25539(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
LIB
 2/2 1,096 45.86% -198 Winner:
CONS
 1,294 54.14% Walter G. MacKenzie
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,398 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25574(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 1,403 58.51% +408 Loser:
CONS
 995 41.49% Theophilus Beaton

Service: 3 years 9 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,505 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25605(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/2 1,359 54.25% +213 Loser:
CONS
 1,146 45.75% Theophilus Beaton

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,389 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25638(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 1,213 50.77% +37 Loser:
PC
 1,176 49.23% Ernest C. Holmes

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,614 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Prince Edward Island
11 December 1947
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25674(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/3 1,336 51.11% +173 Loser:
PC
 1,163 44.49% Ernest C. Holmes

Service: 3 years 4 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,526 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
26 April 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25709(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 1,267 50.16% +8 Loser:
PC
 1,259 49.84% Walter G. MacKenzie

Service: 4 years 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,974 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25740(F) — 14 Feb 2022 21:19 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
LIB
 1/2 1,561 52.49% +148 Loser:
PC
 1,413 47.51% Frank S. Myers
After his election:
5 Feb 1956 70
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,795 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
4 July 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25750(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
70		 Successor:
PC
 1,543 55.21% Frank S. Myers

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Stewart, Walter Fitz-Alan		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Walter Fitz-Alan Stewart		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
W.F. Alan Stewart		 27 Dec 2023

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