Charles Stewart, PC (August 26, 1868 – December 6, 1946) was a Canadian politician who served as Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane, Ontario, in Wentworth County, Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm. There he became active in politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 election.

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  • Charles Stewart, PC (August 26, 1868 – December 6, 1946) was a Canadian politician who served as Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane, Ontario, in Wentworth County, Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm. There he became active in politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 election. He served as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Municipal Affairs—the first person to hold the latter position in Alberta—in the government of Arthur Sifton. When Sifton left provincial politics in 1917 to join the federal cabinet, Stewart was named his replacement. As Premier, Stewart tried to hold together his Liberal Party, which was divided by the Conscription Crisis of 1917. He endeavored to enforce prohibition, which had been enshrined in law by a referendum during Sifton's premiership, but found that the law was not widely enough supported to be effectively policed. His government took over several of the province's financially troubled railroads, and guaranteed bonds sold to fund irrigation projects. Several of these policies were the result of lobbying by the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA), with which Stewart enjoyed good relations; even so, the UFA was politicized during Stewart's premiership and ran candidates in the 1921 election. Unable to match the UFA's appeal to rural voters, Stewart's government was defeated at the polls and he resigned as premier. After leaving provincial politics, Stewart was invited to join the federal cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King, in which he served as Minister of the Interior and Mines. In this capacity he signed, on behalf of the federal government, an agreement that transferred control of Alberta's natural resources from Ottawa to the provincial government—a concession he had been criticized for being unable to negotiate as Premier. He served in King's cabinet until 1930, when the King government was defeated; in 1935, so too was Stewart. He died in December 1946 in Ottawa.
  • Charles Stewart war ein kanadischer Politiker und Landwirt. Er war vom 30. Oktober 1917 bis zum 13. August 1921 Premierminister der Provinz Alberta und Vorsitzender der Alberta Liberal Party. Anschließend gehörte er der Regierung auf Bundesebene an, unter Anderem war er zweimal kanadischer Innenminister.
  • L'honorable Charles Stewart était un homme politique canadien qui a été premier ministre de l'Alberta de 1917 à 1921.
  • Charles Stewart was een Canadees politicus en de derde premier van Alberta, van 1917 tot 1921. Stewart, die opgroeide in Ontario, nam na de dood van zijn vader in 1892 diens boerderij over. In 1904, nadat een storm zijn bedrijf had verwoest, trok Stewart naar het westen van Canada alwaar hij opnieuw een boerenbedrijf opzette. hij werkte tevens als metselaar. Stewart begon zijn politieke carrière in 1909 toen hij voor de Liberale Partij in het provinciale parlement werd gekozen. Hij bracht het tot minister in het kabinet van Arthur Lewis Sifton en na diens aftreden als premier van Alberta volgde Stewart hem op in die positie op 30 oktober 1917. Hoewel Stewart persoonlijk bij de verkiezingen van 1921 in zijn district werd herkozen leed zijn Liberale regering als geheel een nederlaag tegen de United Farmers of Alberta en op 13 augustus van dat jaar trad hij af als premier ten gunste van Herbert Greenfield. Korte tijd later trad hij toe als minister in het federale kabinet onder minister-president William Lyon Mackenzie King. Stewart is tot op heden de laatste Liberale premier van Alberta geweest. Charles Stewart overleed in 1946 en werd te Vanier, Ontario begraven.
  • Charles Stewart, PC, född i Strabane i Ontario 26 augusti 1868, död i Ottawa 6 december 1946, var premiärminister i Alberta från 1917 till 1921.
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  • Eight: George Sneath, Catherine Isabel Doris, Charles Herbert, Christiana Munro Sneath, Robina Jane Millicent, Frederick John, Roseanna Alice, and Henry Alexander Russell
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  • Charles Stewart, PC (August 26, 1868 – December 6, 1946) was a Canadian politician who served as Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane, Ontario, in Wentworth County, Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm. There he became active in politics and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 election.
  • Charles Stewart war ein kanadischer Politiker und Landwirt. Er war vom 30. Oktober 1917 bis zum 13. August 1921 Premierminister der Provinz Alberta und Vorsitzender der Alberta Liberal Party. Anschließend gehörte er der Regierung auf Bundesebene an, unter Anderem war er zweimal kanadischer Innenminister.
  • L'honorable Charles Stewart était un homme politique canadien qui a été premier ministre de l'Alberta de 1917 à 1921.
  • Charles Stewart was een Canadees politicus en de derde premier van Alberta, van 1917 tot 1921. Stewart, die opgroeide in Ontario, nam na de dood van zijn vader in 1892 diens boerderij over. In 1904, nadat een storm zijn bedrijf had verwoest, trok Stewart naar het westen van Canada alwaar hij opnieuw een boerenbedrijf opzette. hij werkte tevens als metselaar. Stewart begon zijn politieke carrière in 1909 toen hij voor de Liberale Partij in het provinciale parlement werd gekozen.
  • Charles Stewart, PC, född i Strabane i Ontario 26 augusti 1868, död i Ottawa 6 december 1946, var premiärminister i Alberta från 1917 till 1921.
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