Ronald Stewart
| Ronald Stewart | |
|---|---|
|
In office 9 October 1979 – 1 October 1988 | |
| Member of Parliament for Simcoe South electoral district | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 April 1927 Beeton, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | farmer |
Ronald Alexander Stewart (born 13 April 1927 in Beeton, Ontario) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a wholesaler by career.
In 1988, Stewart and fellow Progressive Conservative member Jack Scowen openly disagreed with their party leader, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, when the government was supporting efforts to translate Saskatchewan provincial legislation into French in response to a Supreme Court of Canada ruling. Scowen and Stewart believed such efforts for the province's 23,000 Fransaskois would be expensive and unnecessary.[1][2]
He won the seat at the Simcoe South electoral district in the 1979 federal election and was re-elected in the 1980 and 1984 federal elections. Stewart left federal politics and did not campaign in the 1988 federal election after serving terms in the 31st, 32nd and 33rd Canadian Parliaments.
References
- ↑ McGillivray, Don (11 April 1988). "Party dissidents shake leaders". Windsor Star. p. A6.
- ↑ Ruimy, Joel (12 April 1988). "2 MPs break with Mulroney back Devine on French issue". Toronto Star. p. A11.