Frederick William Stuart (187918 February 1954) was an Australian politician. He was born on the

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to farmer Frederick Stuart and Janet, ''née'' Graham. He attended primary school before serving in the

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with the New South Wales Lancers and then the Mounted Rifles. After the war he spent some time in the

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, running a business there before returning to Australia in 1905, settling in

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in 1909. He married Marjorie Phillips in South Australia, with whom he had five children. He ran an office for Hindmarsh, Johnson and Co., an auctioneering firm he eventually took over (it became F. W. Stuart and Co.). From 1925 to 1927 he was a Progressive member of the

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for

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. Stuart died at Murwillumbah in 1954.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Frederick 1879 births 1954 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian soldiers Australian auctioneers