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McLeod Stewart (1847–1926) was an Ottawa lawyer and mayor of Ottawa from 1887 to 1888. He was born in Ottawa in 1847 the son of William Stewart who represented Bytown (Ottawa) in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1844 to 1847.The Stewart family owned some of the land south of Gladstone Avenue which was then the southern limit for the City of Ottawa. The area was called Stewarton and the family home was located on the current site of the Canadian Museum of Nature.
