James Charles Stewart (7 September 1850 – 20 December 1931) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was a

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and later the Australian Senate.

Early life

Born in

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, he received a primary education after which he worked as a farm and railway worker. In 1888 he migrated to Australia, where he became involved in the unions movement. He edited the ''People's Newspaper'' in Rockhampton in

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Politics

James Stewart sat on Rockhampton Council. In 1893, he was elected to the

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as the member for Rockhampton North. In 1901, he left the Assembly to successfully contest the Australian Senate as a

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candidate for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his defeat in 1917.

Later life

Stewart died in 1931 at Strathpine, Queensland and was buried in Lawnton Cemetery.

References

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