James Stewart (Australian politician)

James Stewart
Senator for Queensland
In office
30 March 1901 – 30 June 1917
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Rockhampton North
In office
4 April 1896 – 5 June 1901
Preceded by William Harding
Succeeded by Henry Turner
Personal details
Born 17 September 1851
Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland
Died 20 December 1931 (aged 80)
Strathpine, Queensland
Resting place Lawnton Cemetery
Nationality Scottish Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s) Mary McIntyre
Occupation Railway worker, journalist
Religion Presbyterian

James Charles Stewart (17 September 1851 – 20 December 1931)[1] was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Born in Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, 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 Queensland.

Politics

James Stewart sat on Rockhampton Council.

In 1896, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Rockhampton North.[1]

In 1901, he left the Assembly to successfully contest the Australian Senate as a Labour candidate for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his defeat in 1917.[2]

Later life

Stewart died in 1931 at Strathpine, Queensland and was buried in Lawnton Cemetery.[3]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  3. ↑ "Family Notices.". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia). 21 December 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
William Harding		 Member for Rockhampton North
1896–1901 		Succeeded by
Henry Turner