John Stuart (Canadian politician)

John Stuart (June 24, 1830 – September 15, 1913) was a Scottish-born wholesale grocer and political figure in Ontario.

He represented Norfolk South in the House of Commons of Canada in 1874 as a Liberal member.

He was educated there, worked as a clerk in a lawyer's office and came to Canada West in 1848, settling first in Toronto and then Hamilton in 1864.

[1] In 1864, he established a wholesale grocery business in partnership with Alexander Harvey, the husband of his sister Margaret.

Stuart was also vice-president of the Bank of Hamilton and a director of the Wellington, Bruce and Grey Railway.