Stewart Derbishire

Stewart Derbishire
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Bytown
In office
1841–1844
Preceded byNew position
Succeeded byWilliam Stewart
Queen's Printer for Province of Canada
In office
1841–1863
Personal details
Born1794 or 1795
London
DiedMarch 27, 1863
Quebec City, Canada East
Political partyWhig (Britain)
Moderate Reformer (Canada)
OccupationLawyer, journalist, publisher

Stewart Derbishire (1794 or 1795 – March 27, 1863) was the first elected representative for Bytown in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. Born in England, he was a strong Whig.

At various times he was an ensign in the British Army, a lawyer, a journalist, a soldier of the British Auxiliary Legion in the First Carlist War in Spain, an assistant to Lord Durham in his inquiry into affairs in British North America, and the Queen's Printer for the Province of Canada.


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