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♂ Charles A. Stewart
aliasCharles Stewart
Record
58991 · 7280

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 91%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 1 6
Alberta 5 0 5
Total 10 1 11
Birth 26 August 1868 → 155 years + 8 months ago
Lived 78 years + 3 months
First mandate 22 March 1909 → 115 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 40 years + 6 months
Death 6 December 1946 → 77 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 1 month after 13 October 1935
Special notes
None
 
Charles A. Stewart (1868–1946)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Charles O.F. Wright (1873–1922) Brother-in-law  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 13 6 13
Alberta 12 3 2 Z
TOTAL 25 9 15

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 4–5
LIB
 1 Party leader 49–52 13 Oct 1917 — 12 Aug 1921 3 9 30
2. AB 4
LIB
 1 Premier 49–52 30 Oct 1917 — 17 Jul 1921 3 8 17
3. CA 14–15
LIB
 1 Minister 53–57 29 Dec 1921 — 28 Jun 1926 4 5 30
4. CA 14–15
LIB
 1 Minister 53–57 29 Dec 1921 — 28 Jun 1926 4 5 30
5. CA 14–15
LIB
 1 Minister 53–57 29 Dec 1921 — 28 Jun 1926 4 5 30
6. CA 14
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 53–54 20 Feb 1922 — 16 Aug 1923 1 5 27
7. CA 15
LIB
 2 ✓ Minister 57 13 Nov 1925 — 28 Jun 1926 0 7 15
8. CA 16
LIB
 2 Minister 58–61 25 Sep 1926 — 18 Jun 1930 3 8 24
9. CA 16
LIB
 2 Minister 58–61 25 Sep 1926 — 06 Aug 1930 3 10 12
10. CA 16
LIB
 2 Minister 58–61 25 Sep 1926 — 06 Aug 1930 3 10 12
11. CA 16
LIB
 3 ✓ Minister 61 30 Dec 1929 — 26 Feb 1930 0 1 27
12. CA 16
LIB
 3 ✓ Minister 61 19 Jun 1930 — 26 Jun 1930 0 0 7
 3. Interior
 4. Indian Affairs
 5. Mines
 6. Immigration and Colonization [Int]
 7. Immigration and Colonization [Int]
 8. Indian Affairs
 9. Mines
10. Interior
11. Immigration and Colonization [Int]
12. Indian Affairs [Int]

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 12  
5 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Blair  m 
⊖ Frederick C. Jamieson  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John R. Lavell  m 
 		 ⊖ James M. Douglas  m 
⊖ Walter F. Kuhl  m 
 
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
2		 Alberta
22 March 1909
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27454(F) — 5 Mar 2022 15:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
40
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
4 May 1912 43
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 3 years 1 month 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,985 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
2		 Alberta
27 May 1912
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27470(F) — 14 Oct 2022 20:02 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 2,022 67.74% +1,059 Loser:
CONS
 963 32.26% William J. Blair

Service: 9 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,019 Votes: 1,263 Participation: 62.56% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
3		 Alberta
17 April 1913
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27501(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/2 889 70.56% +518 Loser:
CONS
 371 29.44% W. Watson

Service: 4 years 1 month 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,442 Votes: 2,628 Participation: 59.16% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
4		 Alberta
7 June 1917
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27573(F) — 5 Mar 2022 17:03 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,657 63.05% +686 Loser:
CONS
 971 36.95% John R. Lavell

Service: 4 years 1 month 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Alberta
18 July 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27637(F) — 5 Mar 2022 20:30 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
52
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation
After his election:
12 Aug 1921 52
LIB
 →
Vac.
 To accept an appointment (judge, senator, etc.)
Service: 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
14		 Québec
28 February 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21769(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
53
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months (Gov't)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
5		 Alberta
10 July 1922
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UFA  Majority
ID: 27660(F) — 29 Oct 2022 09:59 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
UFA
 Acclam. Albert G. Andrews
Eligible: 23,210 Votes: 13,107 Participation: 56.47% Candidacies: 3
Federal
15		 Alberta
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21800(F) — 26 Jun 2023 19:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 6,394 48.78% +1,688 Loser:
LC
 4,706 35.90% James M. Douglas
After his election:
29 Jun 1926 57
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,210 Votes: 12,995 Participation: 55.99% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Alberta
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22049(F) — 24 Jan 2022 21:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 7,223 55.58% +1,451 Loser:
LC
 5,772 44.42% Frederick C. Jamieson
After his election:
5 Oct 1926 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,210 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Federal
16		 Alberta
2 November 1926
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 22282(F) — 11 Oct 2022 20:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 3 years 8 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 25,365 Votes: 18,183 Participation: 71.69% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Alberta
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22323(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 9,223 50.72% +263 Loser:
LC
 8,960 49.28% Frederick C. Jamieson

Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 25,316 Votes: 14,680 Participation: 57.99% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Alberta
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22829(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
67
LIB
 2/3 5,405 36.82% -1,803 Winner:
SC
 7,208 49.10% Walter F. Kuhl

Online biographical references (5)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Charles Stewart		 17 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Stewart, Charles		 17 Apr 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Charles Stewart, PC		 17 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Charles A. Stewart, P.C., M.P.		 17 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Charles A. Stewart, C.P., député		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Charles Stewart (premier)		 17 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Charles Stewart		 17 Apr 2024

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