John Benjamin Stewart

John Benjamin Stewart
Member of Parliament
for Antigonish—Guysborough
In office
June 1962  June 1968
Senator
In office
13 January 1984  19 November 1999
Personal details
Born (1924-11-19)19 November 1924
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Died 11 June 2015(2015-06-11) (aged 90)
Bayfield, Nova Scotia
Political party Liberal
Profession author, expert on parliamentary procedure, professor

John Benjamin Stewart (19 November 1924 11 June 2015) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was an author, expert on parliamentary procedure and professor by career.

He was first elected at the Antigonish—Guysborough riding in the 1962 general election then re-elected there in 1963 and 1965. After riding boundary changes, Stewart campaigned for a seat at South Western Nova in the 1968 election but lost to Louis-Roland Comeau of the Progressive Conservative party.

During his terms in Parliament, Stewart was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works from 1966 to 1968. He also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for External Affairs in 1963 and 1964, then Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State of Canada until 1965.

Stewart was appointed to the Senate of Canada in January 1984 where he remained in that offices until November 1999.

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