| 词条 | John Stuart (Canadian politician) |
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John Stuart (June 24, 1830 – September 15, 1913) was a Scottish-born wholesale grocer and political figure in Ontario. He represented Norfolk South in the House of Commons of Canada in 1874 as a Liberal member. He was born in Keith, Banffshire, the son of James Stuart. He was educated there, worked as a clerk in a lawyer's office and came to Canada West in 1848, settling first in Toronto and then Hamilton in 1864. In 1856, he married Jane Jacques.[1] In 1864, he established a wholesale grocery business in partnership with Alexander Harvey, the husband of his sister Margaret.[2] Stuart was elected in the 1874 federal election; his election was overturned after an appeal and he was defeated by William Wallace in the by-election held in December 1874. Stuart was also vice-president of the Bank of Hamilton and a director of the Wellington, Bruce and Grey Railway. He also served as president of the Hamilton and North-Western Railway.[1] Stuart died in Toronto at the age of 83.[3] References
1. ^1 A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography being chiefly men of the time ... GM Rose (1886) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, John}}{{HistoricalConservative-Ontario-MP-stub}}2. ^{{cite encyclopedia | last = Armstrong | first = Frederick H | authorlink = | title = Alexander Harvey | encyclopedia = Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online | year = 1982 | url = http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5571 | accessdate = 2009-02-28 }} 3. ^{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}} 5 : 1830 births|1913 deaths|Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario|Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs|People from Keith, Moray |
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