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Stewart was defeated in the next election held in {{NZ election link year|1943}}. This was seen as a result of public vilification due to two of her sons, who were conscientious objectors during [[World War II]].<ref name="DNZB Stewart" /> Later she was unsuccessfully nominated for a position on the [[New Zealand Legislative Council]] by Labour’s [[Karori]] branch in her old electorate. |
Stewart was defeated in the next election held in {{NZ election link year|1943}}. This was seen as a result of public vilification due to two of her sons, who were conscientious objectors during [[World War II]].<ref name="DNZB Stewart" /> Later she was unsuccessfully nominated for a position on the [[New Zealand Legislative Council]] by Labour’s [[Karori]] branch in her old electorate. |
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In both [[1941 Wellington City mayoral election|1941]] and [[1944 Wellington City mayoral election|1944]] she unsuccessfully stood for the [[Wellington City Council]] on a Labour Party ticket.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410519.2.105.4 |work=The Evening Post |page=9 |title=New City Council |date=19 May 1941 |accessdate=27 October 2016 | volume=CXXXI | issue=116 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440529.2.84.3 |work =Evening Post |page=7 |title=The City Council |date=29 May 1944 |accessdate=29 October 2016 | volume=CXXXII | issue=125 }}</ref> Both elections saw all Labour candidates defeated. |
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After the death of her husband Charles in 1948, she returned to live in Glasgow, where she died on 2 April 1957.<ref name="DNZB Stewart" /> |
After the death of her husband Charles in 1948, she returned to live in Glasgow, where she died on 2 April 1957.<ref name="DNZB Stewart" /> |
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Revision as of 03:08, 26 June 2019
Catherine Stewart | |
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| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Wellington West | |
| In office 15 October 1938 – 25 September 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Charles Bowden |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catherine Campbell Sword 15 August 1881 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Died | 2 April 1957 (aged 75) Glasgow, Scotland |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse |
Charles Stewart
(m. 1900; died 1948) |
| Children | 3 |
Catherine Campbell Stewart (née Sword, 15 August 1881 – 2 April 1957) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Early life
Born in Glasgow, she migrated with her family to New Zealand in 1921. She was an ardent suffragette, and a member of the Theosophical Society.[1] At Labour's 1938 conference Stewart stated "I am not speaking as a feminist but as a woman who wishes to stand shoulder to shoulder with our men" in her acceptance to stand as a party candidate.[1]
Political career
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938–1943 | 26th | Wellington West | Labour | ||
She won the Wellington West electorate in the 1938 election, when she defeated long-standing MP Robert Alexander Wright.[2] She was the second woman to be elected to Parliament after Elizabeth McCombs and first to enter parliament as a result of a general election. Stewart saw herself as the "Member for Everywoman" and felt obliged to concentrate on issues in the interests of women, children and those in need.[1] In 1941, she was joined by Mary Dreaver, also of the Labour party, bringing the total of female MPs to two.[3]
Stewart was defeated in the next election held in 1943. This was seen as a result of public vilification due to two of her sons, who were conscientious objectors during World War II.[1] Later she was unsuccessfully nominated for a position on the New Zealand Legislative Council by Labour’s Karori branch in her old electorate.
In both 1941 and 1944 she unsuccessfully stood for the Wellington City Council on a Labour Party ticket.[4][5] Both elections saw all Labour candidates defeated.
After the death of her husband Charles in 1948, she returned to live in Glasgow, where she died on 2 April 1957.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Nicholls, Roberta. "Stewart, Catherine Campbell". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. p. 5. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ Laracy, Hugh. "Dreaver, Mary Manson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "New City Council". The Evening Post. Vol. CXXXI, no. 116. 19 May 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ "The City Council". Evening Post. Vol. CXXXII, no. 125. 29 May 1944. p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Women in Parliamentary Life 1970-1990: Hocken Lecture 1993 by Marilyn Waring, page 35-36 (Hocken Library, University of Otago, 1994) ISBN 0-902041-61-4
- 1881 births
- 1957 deaths
- New Zealand Labour Party MPs
- Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- People from Glasgow
- New Zealand suffragists
- Scottish emigrants to New Zealand
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1943 New Zealand general election
- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
- New Zealand MPs for Wellington electorates
- 20th-century women politicians