Donald Stewart (North Dakota politician)

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Donald Stewart
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Donald Stewart in 1887
Member of the North DakotaHouseofRepresentatives
from the Walsh County, North Dakota district
Personal details
Born1832
Scotland
Died Saskatchewan
Political party Democrat [1]
Residence Bismarck, North Dakota [2] [3]

Donald Stewart, born around 1832 in Scotland [4] [5] was a politician who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

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Career

He was at one point an assisting county surveyor [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] and later became a twice elected as a territorial legislator in Bismarck. In the 1889 election he received 1615 votes. [23] After serving four years he found himself tired of all the local political disputes and he retired from politics and moved with his family to Saskatoon, Canada. [24] [25]

Personal life

Stewart originally emigrated from Scotland to Ontario, Canada and then to North Dakota. Later on he moved to Saskatchewan, Canada, where he stayed and owned a farm. [26]

He was married to an English woman named Elizabeth Curtis, they had three children, [27] one of them named Elizabeth (born 1878), [28] who went on to marry Edward Hart, thus making Stewart the maternal grandfather of Stewart "Stu" Hart, professional wrestling great and patriarch of the Hart wrestling family. [29] Edward and Elizabeth would work for Stewart on his farm in Saskatoon for a few years before moving to Alberta. [30]

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  1. ↑ "Page 7". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 11, 1889.
  2. ↑ "Page 3". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. December 14, 1888.
  3. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 4, 1889.
  4. ↑ "Page 6". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 16, 1885.
  5. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. March 18, 1887.
  6. ↑ McCoy, Heath (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling . ECW Press. p. 16. ISBN   978-1-55022-787-1.
  7. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 33. ISBN   1-55022-508-1.
  8. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN   1-55022-508-1.
  9. ↑ Hart, Diana; McLellan, Kirstie (2001). Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family . Fenn. p. 33. ISBN   1-55168-256-7.
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  13. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 5, 1888.
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  15. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 2, 1888.
  16. ↑ "Page 8". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 5, 1888.
  17. ↑ "Page 3". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 17, 1888.
  18. ↑ "Page 8". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. May 11, 1888.
  19. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 12, 1888.
  20. ↑ "Page 7". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. May 10, 1889.
  21. ↑ "Page 6". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. February 4, 1887.
  22. ↑ "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 23, 1888.
  23. ↑ "Page 7". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 11, 1889.
  24. ↑ McCoy, Heath (2007). Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling . ECW Press. p. 16. ISBN   978-1-55022-787-1.
  25. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN   1-55022-508-1.
  26. ↑ Donald Stewart, Minto-Walsh County, North Dakota, USA. Archived April 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Glenbow Museum
  27. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 35. ISBN   1-55022-508-1.
  28. ↑ "Donald Stewart". Geni.com.
  29. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 106. ISBN   1-55022-508-1.
  30. ↑ Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring . ECW Press. p. 36. ISBN   1-55022-508-1.
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