James Stewart (Queensland politician) should not be confused with James Stewart (South Australian politician).
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Senator for Queensland | |
| Term Start: | 30 March 1901 |
| Term End: | 30 June 1917 |
| Constituency Am1: | Rockhampton North |
| Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 4 April 1896 |
| Term End1: | 5 June 1901 |
| Predecessor1: | William Harding |
| Successor1: | Henry Turner |
| Birth Date: | 1850 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Strathpine, Queensland |
| Restingplace: | Lawnton Cemetery |
| Nationality: | Scottish Australian |
| Spouse: | Mary McIntyre |
| Occupation: | Railway worker, journalist |
James Charles Stewart (7 September 1850 - 20 December 1931)[1] [2] was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and later the Australian Senate.
Born in Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, he received a primary education after which he worked as a farm and railway worker.[3]
In 1888 he migrated to Australia, where he became involved in the unions movement. He edited the People's Newspaper in Rockhampton in Queensland.
James Stewart sat on Rockhampton Council.
In 1893, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Rockhampton North.[2]
In 1901, he left the Assembly to successfully contest the Australian Senate as a Labour candidate for Queensland. He remained in the Senate until his defeat in 1917.[4]
Stewart died in 1931 at Strathpine, Queensland and was buried in Lawnton Cemetery.[5]