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 Dalhousie ( ) is a formerly incorporated town, located in Restigouche County, New Brunswick. New Brunswick's northernmost point of land is situated in Dalhousie, where the Restigouche River meets Chaleur Bay. On 1 January 2023, Dalhousie merg ...

and became a lawyer by career. He was first elected at the

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

riding in the 1958 general election. Stewart served for one term, the

24th Canadian Parliament The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved ...

, 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 Digby—Annapolis—Kings was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1949, and from 1953 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of ...

riding for the

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* 1907 births 1967 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Lawyers in New Brunswick 20th-century Canadian lawyers {{NewBrunswick-politician-stub