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Former councilor recalls push for single-member districts and door-to-door campaigning in 1970s Orlando
Orlando City Commission / Orlando History Makers (podcast) · December 10, 2025
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Summary
George Stewart Jr. recalls intense door-to-door campaigns in 1972 and describes the voter-approved shift to single-member council districts in the late 1970s, which he says improved local representation.
George Stewart Jr. told an oral-history interviewer that his 1972 campaign relied on door-to-door outreach — he and volunteers claimed large numbers of households contacted — and that momentum from that period led to a voter-approved charter…
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