| 词条 | John Stewart (New Zealand politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = John Skinner Stewart |honorific-suffix = |image = |imagesize = |caption = |constituency_MP2 = Arch Hill |parliament2 = New Zealand |term_start2 = 1951 |term_end2 = 1954 |predecessor2 = Bill Parry |successor2 = |office3 = Auckland City Councillor |term_start3 = 1935 |term_end3 = 1938 |birth_date = 23 April 1902 |birth_place = Greenock, Scotland |death_date = 5 February 1973 |death_place = New Zealand |spouse = |party = Labour |religion = |profession = |relatives = }} John "Jock"{{sfn|Franks|McAloon|2016|pp=142}} Skinner Stewart (23 April 1902 – 5 February 1973) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. BiographyEarly life and careerStewart was born in Scotland before moving to New Zealand when he was 24.[1] Previously he had served in the British Army during World War I. He later gained employment on the Auckland Transport Board.[2] During World War II he joined the military and was given a staff job as his medical grading prevented him from going abroad. At the end of 1942 he was released from service.[2] Political careerIn 1935 he was elected to the Auckland City Council on a Labour Party ticket where he was chairman of the Library Committee.[3] In both 1933 and 1938 Stewart was defeated standing for the City Council.[4][5] He was also a member of the Auckland and Suburban Drainage Board. In both the 1950 and 1956 local elections as well as a 1957 by-election he was the Labour Party's candidate for the Auckland mayoralty, placing second, third and second respectively.{{sfn|Edgar|2012|pp=}} Stewart was present as a delegate at the 1940 Labour Party Annual Conference. Whilst in attendance Stewart seconded Frederick Schramm's successful motion to expel John A. Lee from the party.{{sfn|Franks|McAloon|2016|pp=111}} Later that year he stood for the Labour nomination at the Auckland West by-election following the death of Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage, but lost to Peter Carr.[6] Stewart then became chair of the Tamaki electorate committee and later Vice-President of the Auckland Labour Representation Committee.[1] Member of Parliament{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=left}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1951}} |end = 54 |term = 30th |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Arch Hill}} |party = New Zealand Labour Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Stewart was selected as the official Labour candidate for {{NZ electorate link|Remuera}} in the scheduled 1941 general election.[2] He later contested the {{NZ electorate link|Kaipara}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|1943}}, but lost to Clifton Webb.[7] He then contested {{NZ electorate link|Marsden}} in {{NZ election link|1946}} unsuccessfully. He then represented the Arch Hill electorate from {{NZ election link year|1951}} to 1954 following the retirement of Bill Parry. The electorate was then absorbed into neighbouring electorates, and he was defeated in {{NZ election link year|1954}}, standing for Eden.[8] Stewart was first on election night, with a provisional lead of 172, but after the 1,300 postal votes were counted he lost by a mere 8 votes to National's Duncan Rae.[9] He died on 5 February 1973.[10] Notes1. ^1 {{cite news |title=Candidates' Careers |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=17 November 1950 |page=5 }} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430826.2.19.1 |title=Kaipara Seat |newspaper=Evening Post |date=26 August 1943 |page=3 }} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19350514.2.180.4 |title=Electoral |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=14 May 1935 |volume=LXXII |issue=22108 |page=16 }} 4. ^{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19330504.2.118.3? |title=City Council Contest |publisher=The New Zealand Herald |date=4 May 1933 |volume=LXX |issue=21482 |access-date=10 May 2017 |page=11 }} 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380518.2.8.2 |title=Election of Mayor |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=18 May 1938 |volume=LXXV |issue=23040 |page=5 }} 6. ^{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19400426.2.86 |title=Mr. Carr Is Labour Choice For Auckland W. |newspaper=Northern Advocate |date=26 April 1940 |issue= |access-date=16 January 2019 |page=7}} 7. ^{{cite news | title=Electoral | url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19431013.2.49.6 | accessdate=15 May 2017 | work=The New Zealand Herald | volume=80 | issue=24713 | date=13 October 1943 | page=5}} 8. ^{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=236}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Surprises in New Seats |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=15 November 1954 |page=9}} 10. ^{{cite news | title=Obituary | work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 February 1973 | page=101}} References
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