Stuart McCall (politician) explained

Stuart McCall
Birth Date:11 February 1942
Birth Place:Manchester, England
Death Place:Zeballos, British Columbia, Canada
Residence:Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Office1:Member of the Yukon Territorial Council for Pelly River
Term Start1:1974
Term End1:1978
Predecessor1:first member
Successor1:riding dissolved
Party:Independent → New Democratic Party
Occupation:miner, labour unionist

Stuart McCall (February 11, 1942  - January 26, 2002)[1] was a Canadian politician who served on the Yukon Territorial Council, representing the electoral district of Pelly River from 1974 to 1978.[2]

Originally from Manchester, England, McCall moved to Canada as a young adult.[2] He settled in Faro, Yukon, working in the local mines and rising to become a leader in the labour union local.[2] He was elected to the territorial council in the 1974 election, winning the seat by just ten votes over Paul White.[3] In the legislature, he was particularly prominent as a defender of labour rights, particularly when workers in Faro's mines staged a wildcat strike.[2] Despite their significantly different ideologies, however, he was a close friend of council colleague Ken McKinnon, with both men frequently dining with each other's families when the council was in session.[2]

In the 1978 election, the first conventional partisan election to the new Legislative Assembly of Yukon, McCall ran as a Yukon New Democratic Party candidate in the new electoral district of Faro, but was defeated by independent candidate Maurice Byblow.[2] He left the territory in 1980, moving to Zeballos, British Columbia, to take a job as foreman in the municipal public works department.[2] He held that job until 1992, when he retired to work for himself as an independent contractor.[2] During his time in Zeballos, he also spent eight years as a trustee on the town's school district board.[2]

He died on July 27, 2002, at his home in Zeballos.[2]

Electoral record

|-| Independent| Stuart McCall| align="right"| 187| align="right"| 35.68| align="right"|  - | Independent| Paul White| align="right"| 177| align="right"| 33.77| align="right"|  - | Independent| Barry Redfern| align="right"| 160| align="right"| 30.53| align="right"|  - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 524! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  -

|-| Independent| Maurice Byblow| align="right"| 361| align="right"| 60.1%| align="right"|  - |-| NDP| Stuart McCall| align="right"| 231| align="right"| 38.9%| align="right"|  - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 594! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  -

Notes and References

  1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152345435/stuart-mccall
  2. "Former MLA never retreated from a battle". Whitehorse Star, August 21, 2002.
  3. News: Vote recount doesn't change Yukon totals . Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. December 4, 1974. 16. Newspapers.com. April 9, 2018 .