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Donald Stewart (North Dakota politician)

Donald Stewart (North Dakota politician)

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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]

Quick Facts Member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from the Walsh County, North Dakota district, Personal details ...

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 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]

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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. Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 33. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  7. Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  8. "Page 3". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. February 4, 1887.
  9. "Page 1". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 21, 1887.
  10. "Page 4". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 26, 1888.
  11. "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 5, 1888.
  12. "Page 4". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 19, 1888.
  13. "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 2, 1888.
  14. "Page 8". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 5, 1888.
  15. "Page 3". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 17, 1888.
  16. "Page 8". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. May 11, 1888.
  17. "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. October 12, 1888.
  18. "Page 7". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. May 10, 1889.
  19. "Page 6". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. February 4, 1887.
  20. "Page 5". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. November 23, 1888.
  21. "Page 7". newspapers.com. Bismarck Weekly Tribune. January 11, 1889.
  22. Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 34. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  23. Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 35. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  24. Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 106. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.
  25. Marsha Erb (2002). Stu Hart: Lord of the Ring. ECW Press. p. 36. ISBN 1-55022-508-1.

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