Caldwell Stewart
Robert Dugald Caldwell Stewart (2 December 1907 – 25 August 1967) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Dalhousie, New Brunswick and became a lawyer by career.
Robert Dugald Caldwell Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Charlotte | |
| In office March 1958 – June 1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 December 1907 Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | 25 August 1967 (aged 59) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative Conservative |
| Profession | lawyer |
He was first elected at the Charlotte riding in the 1958 general election. Stewart served for one term, the 24th Canadian Parliament, then was defeated at Charlotte in the 1962 election. He was also unsuccessful in regaining the riding in the 1965 election.
Stewart first campaigned for federal office in the 1935 election at Nova Scotia's Digby—Annapolis—Kings riding for the Conservative Party.
| 1965 Canadian federal election: New Brunswick Southwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan McLean | 6,279 | 50.8 | -2.2 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Caldwell Stewart | 5,226 | 45.2 | +0.6 | ||||
| New Democratic | George Cogswell | 462 | 4.0 | +3.0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,967 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election: New Brunswick Southwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Allan McLean | 6,159 | 51.0 | +3.6 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Caldwell Stewart | 5,518 | 45.7 | -6.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Robert Bontaine | 396 | 3.3 | * | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,073 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election: New Brunswick Southwest | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Caldwell Stewart | 5,756 | 52.6 | +5.2 | ||||
| Liberal | Wesley Stuart | 5,806 | 47.4 | -5.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 11,562 | 100.0 | ||||||
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