Born at Boissevain on 7 December 1922, son of Rev. John F. Stewart and Louella Day, he received an Architecture degree from the University of Manitoba in 1948. He practiced as an architect until 1970 then, until 1982, he was the Director of the University of Manitoba’s Physical Planning and Design Office. He served as President of the Manitoba Association of Architects and on committees of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. On 4 October 1947, he married Marjorie Sara Schafer (1923-2002) of Vancouver, British Columbia. They had three children. He died at Winnipeg on 23 May 1994 and was buried in the Kildonan Presbyterian Cemetery.
Some of his architectural works in Manitoba included:
Building
Location
Year
Status
955 Mulvey Street, Winnipeg
1949
Southwood Golf Clubhouse
101 Markham Road, Winnipeg
c1950
Demolished (c2014)
W. J. Dick Building
381 Cumberland Avenue, Winnipeg
1956
Fort Garry Public Library
1360 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
1959
6 Fermor Avenue, Winnipeg
1962-1963
Buller Building Renovations
Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
1963
Menno Building / Crosstown Credit Union Building
171 Donald Street, Winnipeg
1963-1964
175 Colony Street, Winnipeg
1964
Demolished (2019)
Charleswood Mennonite Church
699 Haney Street, Winnipeg
1965
Ellis Building
Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
1966
West Kildonan Public Library and Cultural Centre / West Kildonan Library
365 Jefferson Avenue, Winnipeg
1967
“Vancouver girl becomes bride of minister’s son,” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 October 1947, page 9.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 26 May 1994, page 63.
Obituary [Marjorie Sara Stewart], Winnipeg Free Press, 25 May 2002.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
Winnipeg Estate PR94-01-33572, Archives of Manitoba.
George A. Stewart, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
Winnipeg Buildings Index, University of Manitoba.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Nathan Kramer.
Page revised: 26 December 2023
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