COLONEL W.J. STEWART Memorial

COLONEL W.J. STEWART CBE, CD.
1889-1969

A LIFELONG CITIZEN OF TORONTO, WILLI AM JAMES STEWART
DEVOTED MOST OF HIS LIFE TO PUBLIC SERVICE. HE SERVED AS
ALDERMAN 1924-30 AND AS MAYOR 1931-34. DURING HIS TENURE
AS MAYOR HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN RESTORING FORT YORK TO
COMMEMORATE THE CITY’S CENTENNIAL 1934.

ELECTED TO THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE (1938), HE SERVED UNTIL
1959, AND FOR FOUR YEARS WAS SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY. A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE MILITIA, HE JOINED THE
QUEEN’S YORK RANGERS (1ST AMERICAN REGIMENT) AND WAS
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS ITS HONORARY COLONEL.

HE WAS ACTIVE IN NUMEROUS CHURCH, FRATERNAL AND CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS, AND SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TORONTO
HISTORICAL BOARD FROM 1961 UNTIL HIS DEATH.

ERECTED BY THE
TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD
1970