Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)

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3rd Premier of Alberta
Hon. Charles Stewart
Hon. Charles Stewart, painting by V.A. Long
In office 1917 – 1921
Preceded by	Arthur Lewis Sifton
Succeeded by	Herbert Greenfield

Born	August 26, 1868 Strabane, Wentworth County, Ontario
Died	August 26, 1868 (aged -79) Ottawa, Ontario
Political party	Alberta Liberal Party
Spouse	Jane Russell Sneath

Charles Stewart, PC (Strabane, Ontario August 26, 1868 - December 6, 1946 Ottawa) was a Canadian politician who was Premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921. Stewart entered the provincial legislature as a Liberal MLA in the 1909 provincial election. In 1912, he was appointed to the provincial Cabinet, first as minister of municipal affairs, and later as public works minister.

When Premier Sifton joined the federal wartime Union government, Stewart became the new Premier. His Liberals, however, were divided by railway scandals and by the Conscription crisis of 1917, The party lost the 1921 election to the United Farmers of Alberta. Following this defeat, Stewart entered the federal cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King serving as minister of the interior, minister of mines and superintendent general of Indian affairs until 1930 (except for during the 1926 Meighen government when Stewart joined the Liberals in opposition).

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by New District	MLA Sedgewick 1909-1921	Succeeded by Albert Andrews
Political offices
Preceded by Arthur Lewis Sifton	Premier of Alberta 1917–1921	Succeeded by John R. Boyle
Preceded by James Alexander Lougheed	Minister of Mines 1921–1926	Succeeded by Henry Herbert Stevens (acting)
Preceded by Richard Bedford Bennett (acting)	Minister of Mines 1926–1930	Succeeded by Wesley Ashton Gordon
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Peter Robert McGibbon	Member of Parliament Argenteuil 1922–1925	Succeeded by George Perley
Preceded by Donald MacBeth Kennedy	Member of Parliament Edmonton West 1925–1935	Succeeded by James Angus MacKinnon
Party political offices
Preceded by Arthur L. Sifton	Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party 1917–1922	Succeeded by John R. Boyle

v • d • e Premiers of Alberta

Rutherford · Sifton · Stewart · Greenfield · Brownlee · Reid · Aberhart · Manning · Strom · Lougheed · Getty · Klein · Stelmach

v • d • e Ministers of the Interior

Secretaries of State for the Provinces (1867-1873)	Archibald · Howe · Aikins (acting) · Gibbs

Ministers of the Interior of Canada (1873-1936)	Campbell · Laird · Scott (acting) · Mills · J. Macdonald · White · J. Macdonald (acting) · Dewdney · Daly · H. Macdonald · Scott (acting) · Sifton · Laurier (acting) · Oliver · Rogers · Roche · Meighen · Lougheed · Stewart · Stevens (acting) · Bennett · Stewart · Murphy · Crerar

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Ministers of Immigration and Colonization

Calder · Edwards · Bostock (acting) · Stewart (acting) · Robb · Gordon · Stewart (acting) · Manion (acting) · Drayton (acting) · Forke · Stewart (acting) · Mackenzie · Gordon · Crerar¹

¹The offices of Minister of Immigration and Colonization, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs were abolished and the office of Minister of Mines and Resources was created and proclaimed in force December 1, 1936.

v • d • e Superintendents-General of Indian Affairs

Langevin · Howe · Aikins (acting) · Gibbs · Campbell · Laird · Scott (acting) · Mills · Macdonald · White · Macdonald (acting) · Dewdney · Daly · H. Macdonald · Scott (acting) · Sifton · Laurier (acting) · Oliver · Rogers · Roche · Meighen · Lougheed · Stewart · Stevens (acting) · Bennett (acting) · Stewart · Mackenzie · Murphy · Crerar¹

¹The offices of Minister of Immigration and Colonization, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs were abolished and the office of Minister of Mines and Resources was created and came in force on December 1, 1936.