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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sir William Steward</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Jukes_Steward.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait of an older man with a long beard" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/William_Jukes_Steward.jpg/220px-William_Jukes_Steward.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/William_Jukes_Steward.jpg/330px-William_Jukes_Steward.jpg 1.5x, 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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Ballance" title="John Ballance">John Ballance</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seddon" title="Richard Seddon">Richard Seddon</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871</a>–1875</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893</a>–1911</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Waimate_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimate (New Zealand electorate)">Waimate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881</a>–1893</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">7th Mayor of Oamaru</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1876–1879</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1841-01-20</span>)</span>20 January 1841<br /><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">30 October 1912<span style="display:none">(1912-10-30)</span> (aged 71)<br /><a href="/wiki/Island_Bay,_Wellington" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Bay, Wellington">Island Bay, Wellington</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Waimate" title="Waimate">Waimate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir William Jukes Steward</b> (20 January 1841 – 30 October 1912) was a New Zealand politician and the first <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives">Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives</a>. He represented <a href="/wiki/South_Canterbury" title="South Canterbury">South Canterbury</a> electorates in <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">Parliament</a> for a total of 34 years, before being appointed to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a>. He served briefly on the <a href="/wiki/Otago_Province" title="Otago Province">Otago Provincial Council</a> and was Mayor of Oamaru for three years. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Jukes_Steward_1891.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/William_Jukes_Steward_1891.jpg/220px-William_Jukes_Steward_1891.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/William_Jukes_Steward_1891.jpg/330px-William_Jukes_Steward_1891.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/William_Jukes_Steward_1891.jpg 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="431" /></a><figcaption>Steward in ca 1891</figcaption></figure> <p>Steward was born in <a href="/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading, Berkshire</a>, in England in 1841. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Ludlow_College" title="Ludlow College">King Edward VI. Grammar School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ludlow" title="Ludlow">Ludlow</a> (to which his family had moved, his boyhood home at Numbers 4–5 King Street now marked by a plaque), and Dr Benham's Commercial School in <a href="/wiki/Gloucester" title="Gloucester">Gloucester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_of_Fame_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_of_Fame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He emigrated to New Zealand apparently on the <i>Mersey</i> in 1862,<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_of_Fame_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_of_Fame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but his name is not included in the passenger list for the 25 September 1862 arrival.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Steward married Hannah Whitefoord on 4 December 1873 at <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral,_Dunedin" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin">St. Paul's Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dunedin" title="Dunedin">Dunedin</a>. She was the third daughter of Caleb Whitefoord of <a href="/wiki/Burford,_Shropshire" title="Burford, Shropshire">Burford</a> in Shropshire near Ludlow.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had one son and three daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_of_Fame_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_of_Fame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1863, he was working as a <a href="/wiki/Drapery" title="Drapery">draper</a> in <a href="/wiki/Christchurch" title="Christchurch">Christchurch</a>. From 1867, he was editor of the Oamaru Times in <a href="/wiki/Oamaru" title="Oamaru">Oamaru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_of_Fame_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_of_Fame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was later proprietor of the North Otago Times, the Ashburton Mail and Guardian and, after moving to <a href="/wiki/Waimate" title="Waimate">Waimate</a>, the Waimate Times.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_of_Fame_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_of_Fame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 470px; float: left; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 1em; border: 4; cellpadding: 2; cellspacing: 0;"> <caption><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000001B-QINU`"'</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:var(--color-base,#202122)">New Zealand Parliament</span></a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 125px;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 35px;">Term </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 160px;">Electorate </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 150px;">Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871</a>–1875 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="5th New Zealand Parliament">5th</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6" height="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881</a>–1884 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="8th New Zealand Parliament">8th</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Waimate_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimate (New Zealand electorate)">Waimate</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1884_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1884 New Zealand general election">1884</a>–1887 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="9th New Zealand Parliament">9th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waimate </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1887_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1887 New Zealand general election">1887</a>–1890 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="10th New Zealand Parliament">10th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waimate </td> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890</a>–1893 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="11th New Zealand Parliament">11th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waimate </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893</a>–1896 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="12th New Zealand Parliament">12th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waitaki </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1896_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1896 New Zealand general election">1896</a>–1899 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="13th New Zealand Parliament">13th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waitaki </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1899_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1899 New Zealand general election">1899</a>–1902 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="14th New Zealand Parliament">14th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waitaki </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1902_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1902 New Zealand general election">1902</a>–1905 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="15th New Zealand Parliament">15th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waitaki </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1905_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1905 New Zealand general election">1905</a>–1908 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="16th New Zealand Parliament">16th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waitaki </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1908_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1908 New Zealand general election">1908</a>–1911 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="17th New Zealand Parliament">17th</a> </td> <td colspan="2">Waitaki </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Steward and Macassey contested the <a href="/wiki/1871_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1871 New Zealand general election">1871 general election</a> in Waitaki. At the time, the <a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a> was a single-member electorate. At the nomination meeting, Steward received a slight majority during the show of hands, and Macassey demanded a poll.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The poll was held on Friday, 3 February 1871. Steward and Macassey received 188 and 137 votes, respectively. Steward was thus returned to Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The next election was held in early January 1876. Waitaki had become a two-member electorate, and four candidates put their names forward. Steward and Joseph O'Meagher contested the election as abolitionists (i.e. they were in favour of abolishing the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_New_Zealand" title="Provinces of New Zealand">provincial government</a>), while <a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Hislop" title="Thomas William Hislop">Thomas W. Bislop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Shrimski" title="Samuel Shrimski">Samuel Shrimski</a> were provincialists (i.e. they favoured the retention of provincial government).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The provincialists won the election by quite some margin, and Steward lost his seat in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Steward was again elected in <a href="/wiki/1881_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1881 New Zealand general election">1881</a> to represent the single-member <a href="/wiki/Waimate_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimate (New Zealand electorate)">Waimate electorate</a>. The Waitaki electorate had been abolished and the Waimate electorate covered the area of South Canterbury where Steward resided. Four candidates had contested the election, and Steward was returned with a comfortable margin.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held the electorate until it was abolished in 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-Scholefield_1950_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scholefield_1950-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Scholefield_1925_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scholefield_1925-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1893_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1893 New Zealand general election">1893</a> he was re-elected to a reconstituted <a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a>, which he held until 1911, when he was appointed to the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council" title="New Zealand Legislative Council">Legislative Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Scholefield_1925_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scholefield_1925-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Steward was elected Speaker on 23 January 1891 when the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Government_of_New_Zealand" title="Liberal Government of New Zealand">Liberal Government</a> came to power. The <a href="/wiki/1890_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1890 New Zealand general election">1890 general election</a> was held on 5 December 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-General_elections_1853-2005_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-General_elections_1853-2005-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Atkinson" title="Harry Atkinson">Harry Atkinson</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">Premier</a> at the time. Traditionally, the incumbent speaker would keep his position, unless the election result was not in support of the incoming government. The 1890 election did not have a clear result and the incumbent speaker, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_O%27Rorke" title="Maurice O'Rorke">Maurice O'Rorke</a>, lost his seat in Parliament. <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Saunders" title="Alfred Saunders">Alfred Saunders</a>, an independent MP, proposed <a href="/wiki/William_Rolleston" title="William Rolleston">William Rolleston</a> as speaker, as he had been a long-standing MP since 1868. But <a href="/wiki/Richard_Seddon" title="Richard Seddon">Richard Seddon</a> proposed that Steward be chosen instead, which came as a surprise, as the latter was relatively undistinguished. The house voted on the issue and Steward was chosen by 36 to 29 votes. It was the first time that the role of speaker had been put to the vote by the New Zealand Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_history_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_history-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election sealed the end of the Atkinson government, which resigned the following day. The forming of the Liberal Party marked the beginning of party politics in New Zealand. </p><p>Steward held the position of speaker until 8 November 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-Scholefield_1925_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scholefield_1925-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He had not been regarded as an effective manager of the House and was succeeded by O'Rorke, who had regained his seat in Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-Speaker_history_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speaker_history-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Steward was to remain as a Member of Parliament until his retirement in 1911. He was <a href="/wiki/Knight_Bachelor" title="Knight Bachelor">knighted</a> in 1903.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Otago_Provincial_Council">Otago Provincial Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Otago Provincial Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Steward was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Otago_Province" title="Otago Province">Otago Provincial Council</a> from 1875 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_of_Fame_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_of_Fame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mayor_of_Oamaru">Mayor of Oamaru</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Mayor of Oamaru"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Steward was Mayor of Oamaru from 1876 to 1879. He succeeded George Sumpter, who was first elected in 1875.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1876 mayoral election was contested against J. Falconer, and Steward had a majority of 35 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1877, Steward was returned unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1878 election was contested by Steward and George Sumpter, and the former achieved a majority of 45 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Depression_(economics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Depression (economics)">depression</a> year of 1879, Steward did not stand for re-election.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steward was formally thanked at the last council meeting for the able manner in which he had led the council, and the courteous was in which he had interacted with the councillors.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During Steward's term, the most significant achievement was the installation of the Oamaru water supply, which resulted in a fall of the death rate from 10.4 per 1000 population to 8.9 per 1000.<sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Oamaru_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Oamaru-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Steward was succeeded by Samuel Gibbs. Gibbs had previously been mayor from 1867 to 1870<sup id="cite_ref-NZETC_Oamaru_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZETC_Oamaru-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was elected unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_commemoration">Death and commemoration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Death and commemoration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Steward died in <a href="/wiki/Island_Bay,_Wellington" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Bay, Wellington">Island Bay, Wellington</a> on 30 October 1912. The body was taken by ferry steamer to <a href="/wiki/Lyttelton,_New_Zealand" title="Lyttelton, New Zealand">Lyttelton</a>, and by train to Waimate. The funeral took place in Waimate.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A plaque in the St Augustine Church in Waimate is dedicated to Steward.<sup id="cite_ref-Hall_of_Fame_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hall_of_Fame-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Waimate_District" title="Waimate District">Waimate District Council</a>'s district plan has a formal protection for a tree that was planted by Steward on 26 June 1911. It is located beside the memorial statue for Dr <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Cruickshank" title="Margaret Cruickshank">Margaret Barnett Cruickshank</a> MD.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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</td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_O%27Rorke" title="Maurice O'Rorke">Maurice O'Rorke</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_New_Zealand_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives">Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives</a> </b><br />1891–1893 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Maurice O'Rorke</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b> <a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Member of Parliament for Waitaki</a> </b><br />1871–1875<br />1893–1911 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Shrimski" title="Samuel Shrimski">Samuel Shrimski</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thomas_William_Hislop" title="Thomas William Hislop">Thomas William Hislop</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John McKenzie (New Zealand politician)">John McKenzie</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Henry_Smith" title="Francis Henry Smith">Francis Henry Smith</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New constituency</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Waimate_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waimate (New Zealand electorate)">Member of Parliament for Waimate</a> </b><br />1881–1893 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>In abeyance</b><div style="font-size:90%">Title next held by</div><b><a href="/wiki/David_Campbell_Kidd" title="David Campbell Kidd">David Campbell Kidd</a> </b> </td></tr></tbody></table>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&oldid=1174399625">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)&oldid=1174399625</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" 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