Donald Stewart (North Dakota politician)

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]

Donald Stewart
Donald Stewart in 1887
Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives
from the Walsh County, North Dakota district
Personal details
Born1832
Scotland
DiedSaskatchewan
Political partyDemocrat[1]
ResidenceBismarck, North Dakota[2][3]

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 the 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]

See also

References
  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.
  10. "Page 3". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. February 4, 1887.
  11. "Page 1". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 21, 1887.
  12. "Page 4". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 26, 1888.
  13. "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 5, 1888.
  14. "Page 4". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 19, 1888.
  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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