Jack Stewart
MLA
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Charlestown
In office
13 February 1971 – 19 September 1972
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byRichard Face
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Kahibah
In office
13 April 1957 – 13 January 1971
Preceded byTom Armstrong
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born6 January 1910
Lithgow, New South Wales Australia
Died19 September 1972
Adamstown, New South Wales Australia
Political partyLabor Party
SpouseEileen Dorothy Chillinsworth
ChildrenOne son
Residence(s)Adamstown, New South Wales
ProfessionPolitician/ Boilermaker

John Julius Thomas Stewart (6 January 1910 – 19 September 1972) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1972, representing the electorates of Kahibah (1957–71) and Charlestown (1971–72).

Early life

Stewart was born to parents Charles Thomas Stewart, a Caulker, and Mary Jane Sheen. Stewart jnr was educated at Wickham and Cooks Hill Boys' High School. He apprenticed to boilermaking at Walsh Island Government dockyard in Newcastle.[1]

After a long period of unemployment in the 1930s Great Depression, Stewart married Eileen Dorothy Chillinsworth on 4 December 1950 to whom they had one son. He was a Freemason.[1]

Politics

Stewart joined the Labor Party in 1926. He was a member of the Hamilton, Adamstown and Dudley-Redhead branches. He was President of Kahabah state electoral council.

Stewart won Labor pre-selection for the Electoral district of Kahibah and contested and won the seat at the 1957 by-election, following the death of Independent member Tom Armstrong.[2] He won re-election at the 1959,[3] 1962,[4] 1965,[5] and 1968 elections.[6] With abolition of the seat of Kahibah at the 1971 election, Stewart switched seats to the nearby seat of Charlestown.[7] He won the seat but died shortly after the election.[1]

Death

Shortly after winning the seat of Charlestown, Stewart died at his home on 19 September 1972(1972-09-19) (aged 62). His funeral was held at Beresfield crematorium by Adamstown Methodist Church ministers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mr John Julius Thomas Stewart (1910–1972)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "1957 Kahibah by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1959 Kahibah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1962 Kahibah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 Kahibah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1957 Kahibah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1971 Charlestown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

 

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