{{short description|Newfoundland politician}} {{about||his son, also a Newfoundland politician|Stephen Rendell March|the Oregon politician|Steve March}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
'''Stephen March''' (died June 2, 1880) was a merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He served in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1852 to 1869.<ref name=bio/>
The son of William March, he was born in Old Perlican and went into business there as a supplier to the local fishery. March was opposed to confederation with Canada and he was defeated as an anti-Confederate candidate in 1869. He retired to Torquay, England, where he died in 1880.<ref name=bio/>
The business that he established, S. March & Sons, continued under the ownership of his sons Stephen and Nathaniel.<ref name=bio/>
In 1854, he published ''The present condition of Newfoundland : with suggestions for improving its industrial and commercial resources''.<ref name=bio>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://collections.mun.ca/u?/cns_enl,2733 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador |page=452 |title=March, Stephen}}</ref>
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