John Stewart (1876 – 8 April 1957) was an Australian politician.
Born in
Campbeltown,
Argyllshire,
Scotland
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to farmer John Stewart and Barbara Thomson, he arrived in Australia in 1912, taking up work as an electrician. He married Blanche Ogillvie Macfarlane, with whom he had four sons. He became an organiser with the
Electrical Trades Union (ETU) in 1931 and was also a member of the
Labor Party's Socialisation Committee from 1931 to 1933. He was secretary of the ETU from 1939 to 1941 and secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party from 1941 to 1950. He was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Council in 1941. In 1948 he was a delegate to the
United Nations
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conference in
Paris
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, and he was sent on a visit to the
United Kingdom
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in 1955. Stewart died at
Petersham on 8 April .
References
1876 births
1957 deaths
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
People from Campbeltown
Scottish emigrants to Australia
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Australian trade unionists
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