John Benjamin Stewart

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name=John Benjamin Stewart

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birth_place=Antigonish, Nova Scotia
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riding=Antigonish—Guysborough
term_start=June 1962
term_end=June 1968
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office2=Senator
term_start2=13 January 1984
term_end2=19 November 1999
profession=author, expert on parliamentary procedure, professor
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal Party of Canada
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John Benjamin Stewart (born 19 November 1924 at Antigonish, Nova Scotia) 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 offics until November 1999.

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