Sir William Ewen Stavert, KBE (9 April 1861 – 31 December 1937) was a Canadian banker. He was Financial Adviser to the Government of Newfoundland from 1932 until his death. Born in Summerside,

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, Stavert worked in Canadian banking for forty years. During the

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, he was Financial Controller in the British Ministry of Information and its Accounting Officer to HM Treasury; he was knighted KBE in 1919. Appointed Financial Adviser to the Government of Newfoundland in 1932, he was Newfoundland's representative on the

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, which recommended the suspension of responsible government.

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