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Stewart was a cattle farmer in Denfield,Ontario. [1] He married Edythe Jones and together they raised four daughters.
In 1957,Stewart was elected in a by-election in the riding of Middlesex North to replace Thomas L. Patrick who had died that year. He defeated Liberal candidate A.E. Smith by 3,134 votes. [2] He was re-elected in 1959,1963,1967,and 1971. In 1960,Leslie Frost appointed him to cabinet as a Minister Without Portfolio. In 1961 he was appointed by new Premier,John Robarts as Minister of Agriculture. [3] He retained the cabinet position for 15 years until his retirement in 1975. [4]
In 1983,he was appointed the fourth chancellor of the University of Guelph. [5] In 1976,he was awarded an honorary LL.D. from the University of Guelph. He was elected to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1988.
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