Falkner Cornwall Stewart

Falkner Cornwall Stewart (August 21, 1833 – April 27, 1897) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Dufferin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1886 to 1890.

Falkner Cornwall Stewart
Ontario MPP
In office 1886–1890
Preceded by	Robert McGhee
Succeeded by	John Barr
Constituency	Dufferin
Personal details
Born	(1833-08-21)August 21, 1833 County Monaghan, Ireland
Died	April 27, 1897(1897-04-27) (aged 63) Orangeville, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Olive Esther Rutledge ​ ​ (m. 1862)​
Occupation	Merchant

He was born in County Monaghan, Ireland in 1833, the son of Robert Cornwall Stewart, and came to Simcoe County, Upper Canada with his parents in 1834. He was educated in Orillia and Barrie. Stewart worked as a clerk in a store in Barrie and then in Toronto, before opening his own business in Cookstown. He moved to Orangeville in 1859 and opened a general store there. In 1862, he married Olive Esther Rutledge. He served as the first reeve of Orangeville and as warden for Dufferin County in 1879 and 1881.

His sister Jennie Francis married judge Thomas Anthony Maitland McCarthy; their son Maitland Stewart McCarthy later served in the Canadian House of Commons.

He died aged 65 in 1897.^[1]