STEWART, Hugh (1879- c. 1927) was active in Moose Jaw, Sask., and later in Vancouver, B.C. Born in Elgin, Moray Co., Scotland on 15 July 1879, he received his early training there with the local firm of Reid & Wittet, then moved to Edinburgh where he studied architecture at the School of Applied Art. He articled in the office of Sir Rowand Anderson, a leading Scottish architect, from 1897 to 1900, then moved to London where he obtained a position as assistant to Sir Banister Fletcher (in 1901-02), with Gibson & Wallace (1902), with Francis W. Troup, FRIBA (in 1902-03), and with Stevenson & Redfern (1904-05), and later with Harry Redfern (in 1907-10). During this period he studied architecture in London at the Architectural Association, and at the Regent Street Polytechnic School.
Stewart emigrated to Canada in early 1913 and settled at Moose Jaw, Sask where he quickly found a position as an assistant to Richard G. Bunyard. They formed a partnership in March 1913 (Const., vi, April 1913, 146), but no works by that firm have yet been found. He remained there for at least two years, but by 1920 he had relocated to Vancouver, B.C. where he applied for membership in the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. He worked in Vancouver until 1927, but no information has been found on his activity after that date (inf. Application No. 29, Architectural Inst. of British Columbia, 8 Sept. 1920; R.I.B.A., Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, 2001, Vol. ii, 703; inf. Gordon Fulton, Moose Jaw, Sask.)
LONDON, ENGLAND, The London Daily Mail Ideal Home Competition, 1921. Hugh Stewart was one of nine Vancouver architects who submitted designs in this international competition open to all architects from Canada and the British Commonwealth (Vancouver Daily World, 7 Dec. 1921, 19, descrip. of the competition). The first prize was $1,500 and a free trip to London. It is unclear who won the competition for this annual event which was first staged in 1908.