Ralph Stewart (Canadian politician)
Ralph Wesley Stewart | |
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Member of Parliament for Cochrane |
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In office June 1968 – March 1979 |
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Born | 30 December 1929 Cochrane, Ontario |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Political party | Liberal Progressive Conservative |
Profession | consultant, orchestra conductor, public servant |
Ralph Wesley Stewart (30 December 1929 – 11 February 2004) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons, who briefly joined the Progressive Conservative party. He was born in Cochrane, Ontario and became a consultant, orchestra conductor and public servant by career.
He was first elected at the Cochrane riding in the 1968 general election, and re-elected there in the 1972 and 1974 federal elections.
On 7 March 1979, in the final days of the 30th Canadian Parliament, Stewart switched to the Progressive Conservative party citing objections to the Liberals' handling of bilingualism and economic policy.[1] However, his federal political career ended when he was unable to represent the Progressive Conservatives at Cochrane, and instead his party's local riding association chose 22-year-old Carole Kosowan as their candidate for the 1979 general election.
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