Alexander David Stewart
{{Short description|Canadian Politician}}
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| order = Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario
| term_start = 1894
| term_end = 1895
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| predecessor = Peter Campbell Blaicher
| successor = George Elias Tuckett
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1852|9|19}}
| birth_place = Leghorn, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1899|3|13|1852|9|19}}
| death_place = Somewhere Island, Yukon
| restingplace = Somewhere Island, Yukon
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| spouse = Emily Mary Otter (1878)
| profession = Chief of Police
| alma_mater = University of Edinburgh
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Alexander David Stewart (September 19, 1852 – March 13, 1899) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1894 to 1895.
Biography
Stewart was born in Leghorn, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He trained as a medical doctor at University of Edinburgh, but he never practiced as a doctor. He also studied with Joseph Lister at Aberdeen.
He married Emily Mary Otter in 1878.
He served as Chief of Hamilton Police in Hamilton for six years. In 1885, he was sent to act as Marshall of the Court for the Trial of Louis Riel. Electricity was installed in City Hall during his two-year term. In 1898, he joined an expedition to the Yukon gold fields. He died of scurvy on Somewhere Island, Yukon, at the confluence of the Peel and Beaver Rivers, March 13, 1899, and was buried there.
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110108133300/http://www.myhamilton.ca/people/alexander-david-stewart-1894-1895 Hamilton Public Library biography]
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Category:British emigrants to Canada
Category:Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario
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Category:Expatriates in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
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