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James David Stewart

Published Online February 18, 2008

Last Edited December 16, 2013

James David Stewart, lawyer, politician, premier of PEI (b at Lower Montague, PEI 15 Jan 1874; d at Charlottetown 10 Oct 1933). Stewart was premier of PEI 1923-27 and from 1931 until his death.

Stewart, James David

James David Stewart, lawyer, politician, premier of PEI (b at Lower Montague, PEI 15 Jan 1874; d at Charlottetown 10 Oct 1933). Stewart was premier of PEI 1923-27 and from 1931 until his death. The defeat of his Conservative government in 1927 resulted primarily from his promise to end PROHIBITION in the province.