Donald Stewart, born around 1832 in Scotland was a politician who served in the
North Dakota House of Representatives
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.
Career
He was at one point an assisting county surveyor and later became a twice elected as a territorial legislator in Bismarck. In the 1889 election he received 1615 votes. After serving four years he found himself tired of all the local political disputes and he retired from politics and moved with his family to Saskatoon, Canada.
Personal life
Stewart originally emigrated from
Scotland
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to
Ontario, Canada
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and then to
North Dakota
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. Later on he moved to
Saskatchewan
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, Canada, where he stayed and owned a farm.
He was married to an
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woman named Elizabeth Curtis, they had three children, one of them named Elizabeth (born 1878), who went on to marry Edward Hart, thus making Stewart the maternal grandfather of
Stewart "Stu" Hart,
professional wrestling
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great and patriarch of the
Hart wrestling family
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. Edward and Elizabeth would work for Stewart on his farm in Saskatoon for a few years before moving to
Alberta
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.
See also
*
Hart wrestling family
The Hart wrestling family, sometimes known as the Hart dynasty, is a mainly Canadian family with a significant history within professional wrestling. The patriarch of the family was wrestling legend Stu Hart (1915–2003). An amateur and professi ...
References
External links
Glenbow Museum Photo Archive
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Canadian farmers
Hart wrestling family