Stewart eventually returned to college – now renamed to Wilfrid Laurier University – in 1977 and graduated with a degree in political science at the age of 50.
[4][5] After the Conservatives regained power in 1984 federal election, Stewart was appointed parliamentary secretary to Minister of Public Works on November 1 that year.
[1] During his tenure as an MP, he played a pivotal part in bringing Honda and Volkswagen car plants to his riding, as well as the Mariposa School of Skating.
[2] He vigorously opposed a motion tabled by Burnaby MP Svend Robinson in 1986 to allow gay and lesbian Canadians to work in the RCMP and Armed Forces.
[7] He and Jack Scowen openly disagreed with their party leader, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, when the government was supporting efforts to translate Saskatchewan provincial legislation into French.