Stuart McCall (politician)

Stuart McCall (1942 – 2002) was a Canadian politician who served on the Yukon Territorial Council, representing the electoral district of Pelly River from 1974 to 1978.[1]

Originally from Manchester, England, McCall moved to Canada as a young adult.[1] He settled in Faro, Yukon, working in the local mines and rising to become a leader in the labour union local.[1] He was elected to the territorial council in the 1974 election, winning the seat by just ten votes over Paul White.[2] In the legislature, he was particularly prominent as a defender of labour rights, particularly when workers in Faro's mines staged a wildcat strike.[1] Despite their significantly different ideologies, however, he was a close friend of council colleague Ken McKinnon, with both men frequently dining with each other's families when the council was in session.[1]

In the 1978 election, the first conventional partisan election to the new Legislative Assembly of Yukon, McCall ran as a Yukon New Democratic Party candidate in the new electoral district of Faro, but was defeated by independent candidate Maurice Byblow.[1] He left the territory in 1980, moving to Zeballos, British Columbia to take a job as foreman in the municipal public works department.[1] He held that job until 1992, when he retired to work for himself as an independent contractor.[1] During his time in Zeballos, he also spent eight years as a trustee on the town's school district board.[1]

He died on July 27, 2002 at his home in Zeballos.[1]