William Stewart (New Zealand politician)

William Stewart (1861 – 14 December 1955) was a politician of the Reform Party (New Zealand).

Not to be confused with William Downie Stewart Sr or William Downie Stewart Jr.

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1915–1917 19th Bay of Islands Reform

He represented the Bay of Islands electorate from 1915 (when he won a by-election after the 1914 election of Vernon Reed was declared void) to 1917, when he resigned.[1]

He was then appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council for two terms, from 1918 to 1925 and 1925 to 1932.[2]

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]

Notes
  1. Scholefield 1950, p. 141.
  2. Scholefield 1950, p. 86.
  3. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 12 September 2015.

References
  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.


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