McLeod Stewart (1847–1926) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Stewart was mayor of

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, Canada from 1887 to 1888.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born in Ottawa in 1847, the son of William Stewart, who represented

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(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. McLeod Street in Ottawa is named after him. Stewart studied at the

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, receiving an

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He served as a lieutenant in the

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. In 1874, he married Linnie Emma, the daughter of Colonel Walker Powell. In 1881, with William Hodgson, he built the Molson's Bank building on the Sparks Street Mall. He served as president of the

Canada Atlantic Railway The Canada Atlantic Railway (CAR) was a North American railway located in Ontario, southwestern Quebec and northern Vermont. It connected Georgian Bay on Lake Huron with the northern end of Lake Champlain via Ottawa. It was formed in 1897 throu ...

and also served on the boards of several companies. Stewart also represented a number of companies as their solicitor in Ottawa. The first Central Canada Exhibition opened on September 25, 1888, during his term as mayor. In 1897, he visited

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, seeking financial backers for a

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linking the Ottawa River and

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. In 1910, he authored ''The first half century of Ottawa''.

External links

The first half century of Ottawa''A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time...'', GM Rose (1886)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, McLeod 1847 births 1926 deaths Mayors of Ottawa University of Toronto alumni Lawyers in Ontario