Hugh Alexander Stewart Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Hugh Alexander Stewart
Constituency Mp:Leeds
Parliament:Canadian
Term Start:December 6, 1921
Term End:March 25, 1940
Predecessor:William Thomas White
Successor:George Taylor Fulford
Birth Date:29 September 1871
Birth Place:Elizabethtown Township, Ontario, Canada
Party:Conservative
Cabinet:Minister of Public Works (1930–1935)

Hugh Alexander Stewart, (September 29, 1871  - September 4, 1956) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Elizabethtown Township, Ontario, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the Ontario riding of Leeds in the 1921 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930, and 1935. He was defeated in 1940. From 1930 to 1935, he was the Minister of Public Works.