Andrew Stuart (Lower Canada politician)

Andrew Stuart (November 25, 1785 – February 21, 1840) was a lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada.

He studied law in Lower Canada, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and set up practice at Quebec City.

He defended Pierre-Stanislas Bédard, who had been arrested for his involvement with the newspaper Le Canadien.

[1] He was elected again in a by-election held in 1836 and served until the suspension of the constitution following the Lower Canada Rebellion.

His nephew George Okill Stuart later served in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada and also as a mayor of Quebec City.