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♂ William A. Stewart
aliasWilliam A. Stewart
Record
59135 · 5547

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 2 2 4
Birth 28 November 1871 → 152 years + 5 months ago
Lived 90 years + 4 months
First mandate 6 August 1931 → 92 years + 8 months ago
↳ at age 59 years + 8 months
Death 14 April 1962 → 62 years ago
Exit → Death 18 years + 7 months after 14 September 1943
Special notes
None
 
William A. Stewart (1871–1962)
© 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 8 3 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Edmund T. Higgs  m 
 		 ⊖ T. William L. Prowse  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,765 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
42		 Prince Edward Island
6 August 1931
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 25546(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
59
CONS
 1/2 3,357 58.23% +949 Loser:
LIB
 2,408 41.77% Edmund T. Higgs

Service: 3 years 11 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,000 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Prince Edward Island
23 July 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25581(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
CONS
 2/2 3,128 44.69% -744 Winner:
LIB
 3,872 55.31% T. William L. Prowse
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,857 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
44		 Prince Edward Island
18 May 1939
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25612(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
67
CONS
 1/2 4,384 55.80% +911 Loser:
LIB
 3,473 44.20% T. William L. Prowse

Service: 4 years 3 months 27 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,834 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Prince Edward Island
15 September 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25645(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
71
PC
 2/3 3,143 45.99% -247 Winner:
LIB
 3,390 49.60% T. William L. Prowse

Online biographical references (2)

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

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