Maitland Stewart McCarthy
Maitland Stewart McCarthy | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary | |
| In office November 3, 1904 – September 20, 1911 | |
| Preceded by | New District |
| Succeeded by | R. B. Bennett |
| Justice of the Supreme Court of Alberta | |
| In office July 11, 1914 – May 3, 1926 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 5, 1872 Orangeville, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | May 17, 1930 (aged 58) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Trinity College |
Maitland Stewart McCarthy KC (February 5, 1872 – May 17, 1930) was a politician, lawyer and judge from western Canada.
Born in Orangeville, Ontario, he was the son of Thomas Anthony Maitland McCarthy, a county court judge, and Jennie Frances Stewart. He studied at Trinity College School in Port Hope and Trinity University, receiving a LLB in 1896. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1897 and set up practice in Sarnia.
Marriage/Relocation
In 1900, he married Eva Florence Watson. McCarthy moved to Calgary, then part of the Northwest Territories, in 1903. He was admitted to the bar and set up practice in Calgary with William L. Walsh.
Politics
Maitland was elected Calgary's first direct member of the House of Commons of Canada after the redistribution prior to the 1904 federal election gave Calgary its first direct seat. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1908 Canadian federal election.
Maitland was offered leadership of the provincial Conservative Party prior to the 1909 Alberta general election, but declined the offer of leadership as he would have to resign his federal seat which he won in a controversial election in 1908, and felt the resignation would be seen as an admission of guilt.[1]
Electoral record
| 1904 Canadian federal election: Calgary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Maitland Stewart McCarthy | 2,993 | 54.04 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Charles John Stewart | 2,545 | 45.96 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,538 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | unknown | |||||||
| Turnout | 5,538 | 74.37 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 7,447 | |||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[2][3] | ||||||||
| 1908 Canadian federal election: Calgary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Maitland Stewart McCarthy | 4,105 | 49.66 | –4.38 | ||||
| Liberal | Charles John Stewart | 3,418 | 41.35 | –4.61 | ||||
| Socialist | Frank Sherman | 743 | 8.99 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,266 | 99.23 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.77 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 8,330 | 81.63 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,205 | |||||||
| Source: Library of Parliament[4][5] | ||||||||
Post-politics
After leaving politics, he returned to the practice of law. McCarthy was named King's Counsel in 1913 and, in 1914, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Alberta. In 1926, he retired from the bench due to health problems.
Death
McCarthy died while on vacation in Montreal in 1930, aged 58.
References
- ^ Thomas 1959, p. 68.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Calgary, Northwest Territories (1904)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ LaMothe, H.G. (1905). Return of the Tenth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 27th day of October, 1904, and the 3rd day of November, 1904, followed by a Return of the By elections held during the Ninth Parliament (Report). Ottawa: King's Printer.
- ^ Canada, Library of Parliament (2026). "Elections and Ridings: Calgary, Alberta (1908)". lop.parl.ca.
- ^ Foley, James G. (1909). Return of the Eleventh General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 26th day of October, 1908 (Report). Ottawa: King's Printer.
- Works cited
- Thomas, Lewis Gwynne (1959). The Liberal Party in Alberta. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-5083-0.
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