William Stewart (1861 – 14 December 1955) was a politician of the

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. He represented the Bay of Islands electorate from (when he won a by-election after the

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election of

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was declared void) to 1917, when he resigned. He was then appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council for two terms, from 1918 to 1925 and 1925 to 1932. In 1935, he was awarded the

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