Hector Stewart

{{Short description|Politician in Western Australia}}

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Hector Joseph Stewart MLC (29 July 1875 – 9 August 1931{{cite web |title = Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia |url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/249D7231697149D1482577E50028A7DE |accessdate=1 October 2017}}) was the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for the South-East Province, from 1917 to 1931. He was a member of what was then the Country Party (now the National Party).

He was born in Prahran in Victoria, to Andrew Stewart (publisher) and Josaphine Stuart Little.

He died on 9 August 1931 in Subiaco, Perth, whilst still in office. His death occurred after he was admitted to St John of God Subiaco Hospital for a "serious operation".{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240311774 |title=DEATH OF HON. HECTOR STEWART, M.L.C. |newspaper=Mount Barker and Denmark Record |volume=2 |issue=201 |location=Western Australia |date=10 August 1931 |accessdate=1 October 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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