Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)

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Charles Stewart PC (August 26 1868 – December 6 1946) was a Canadian politician who served as the third Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane Ontario in Wentworth County Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm. There he became active in politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 election.

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active years end date

1913-11-29, 1917-10-16, 1918-08-28, 1921-08-13, 1921-08-31, 1925-10-29, 1926-06-29, 1930-08-06, 1935-10-14

active years start date

1909-03-22, 1912-05-04, 1913-11-28, 1917-10-16, 1917-10-30, 1921-12-29, 1922-02-28, 1925-10-29, 1926-09-25

birth date

1868-08-26

birth place

Ontario, Canada, Wentworth County Ontario, Strabane_Ontario

death date

1946-12-06

death place

Ontario, Ottawa

monarch

George V

office

Alberta Minister of Public Works, Alberta Minister of Railways and Telephones, Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs, Alberta Provincial Secretary, Canadian Minister of the Interior and Mines, Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Edmonton West, Member of the Canadian House of Commons for Argenteuil, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Sedgewick

order in office

3rd, Premier of Alberta

party

Alberta Liberal Party, Liberal Party of Canada

religion

Anglicanism

successor

Henry Herbert Stevens, George Halsey Perley, Wesley Ashton Gordon, James Angus MacKinnon, Herbert Greenfield, Vernor Smith, Albert Andrews, Archibald J. McLean, Wilfrid Gariépy