David Stewart - Obituary

The CMA has learned the sad news of David’s passing, after a years’ long battle with lung disease. A native of Northern Ireland, he most fittingly said his goodbye on March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day.

His career was spent as a Toronto Police Officer, but his passion was for motorcycles and especially as an advocate for road safety.

David held a number of CMA positions over the years. He was chair of the Road Safety Committee, a member of the Board of Directors, and for a number of years, worked on a contract basis as the CMA Road Safety liaison with governments and other NGO’s with similar mandates. He made a large contribution at the world level as a CMA representative on the world governing body, Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Public Affairs Commission (CAP), where he continued to have input even after retiring from that position.

Never a man with much patience when it came to what he considered “foot dragging” on important safety issues, we sometimes struggled to meet his expectations.

Rest assured, David, we will soldier on.