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|image = | name = Stuart McCall | caption = | birth_date = 1942 | birth_place = Manchester, England | death_date = 2002 | death_place = Zeballos, British Columbia, Canada | residence = Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada | office1 = Member of the Yukon Territorial Council for Pelly River | term_start1 = 1974 | term_end1 = 1978 | predecessor1 = first member | successor1 = riding dissolved | party = Independent → New Democratic Party | occupation = miner, labour unionist }}Stuart McCall (1942 - 2002) was a Canadian politician who served on the Yukon Territorial Council, representing the electoral district of Pelly River from 1974 to 1978.[1] Originally from Manchester, England, McCall moved to Canada as a young adult.[1] He settled in Faro, Yukon, working in the local mines and rising to become a leader in the labour union local.[1] He was elected to the territorial council in the 1974 election, winning the seat by just ten votes over Paul White.[2] In the legislature, he was particularly prominent as a defender of labour rights, particularly when workers in Faro's mines staged a wildcat strike.[1] Despite their significantly different ideologies, however, he was a close friend of council colleague Ken McKinnon, with both men frequently dining with each other's families when the council was in session.[1] In the 1978 election, the first conventional partisan election to the new Legislative Assembly of Yukon, McCall ran as a Yukon New Democratic Party candidate in the new electoral district of Faro, but was defeated by independent candidate Maurice Byblow.[1] He left the territory in 1980, moving to Zeballos, British Columbia to take a job as foreman in the municipal public works department.[1] He held that job until 1992, when he retired to work for himself as an independent contractor.[1] During his time in Zeballos, he also spent eight years as a trustee on the town's school district board.[1] He died on July 27, 2002 at his home in Zeballos.[1] Electoral record{{Election box begin | title=Yukon general election, 1974}}|-{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent|row}} | Independent | Stuart McCall | align="right"| 187 | align="right"| 35.68 | align="right"| –{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent|row}} | Independent | Paul White | align="right"| 177 | align="right"| 33.77 | align="right"| –{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent|row}} | Independent | Barry Redfern | align="right"| 160 | align="right"| 30.53 | align="right"| – |- | Total | 524 | 100.0% | –{{End}}{{Election box begin | title=Yukon general election, 1978[3]}} |-{{Canadian party colour|YT|Independent|row}} | Independent | Maurice Byblow | align="right"| 361 | align="right"| 60.1% | align="right"| – |-{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}} | NDP | Stuart McCall | align="right"| 231 | align="right"| 38.9% | align="right"| – |- | Total | 594 | 100.0% | –{{End}}References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Former MLA never retreated from a battle". Whitehorse Star, August 21, 2002. {{DEFAULTSORT:McCall, Stuart}}{{Yukon-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite news|title=Vote recount doesn't change Yukon totals |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19088917/|newspaper=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner|date=December 4, 1974|page=16|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 9, 2018 }} {{free access}} 3. ^Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1978 Election Elections Yukon, 1978. Retrieved January 21, 2017 8 : 1942 births|2002 deaths|Canadian trade unionists|Members of the Yukon Territorial Council|People from Manchester|English emigrants to Canada|British Columbia school board members|Yukon New Democratic Party politicians
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