Stuart McCall | |
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Member of the Yukon Territorial Council for Pelly River | |
In office 1974–1978 | |
Preceded by | first member |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Manchester, England | February 11, 1942
Died | January 26, 2002 Zeballos, British Columbia, Canada | (aged 59)
Political party | Independent → New Democratic Party |
Residence(s) | Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada |
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]