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♂ George Byron Smith
aliasGeorge Smith
Record
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Presbyterian     
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 0 2
Birth 7 March 1839 → 185 years + 8 months ago
Lived 78 years + 9 months
1st mandate 28 December 1886 → 137 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 9 months
Death 13 December 1917 → 106 years + 10 months ago
Exit → Death 23 years + 5 months after 25 June 1894
Special notes
None
 
George Byron Smith (1839–1917)
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Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Election or appointment outside the scope of PoliCan

Pre-Conf. ✗
Canadian Senate ✗
Legis. Council ✗
✗
Deputy Minister ✗
Auto. Region ✗
Mayor/Reeve ✗
Mun./Cty Co. St. Mary's, Ontario; Toronto, Ontario
School Board ✗
Blank/Vide ✗

Length of service in elected office within the scope of PoliCan

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Ontario 7 5 26 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Hugh Crosby  m 
 
 
York East
Elig. 4,481 Votes: 2,532 Partic.: 56.51% Can.: 2
Provincial
6		 Ontario
28 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33217(F) — 31 Dec 2022 15:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 1/2 1,633 65.29% +765 Loser:
IND
 868 34.71% Hugh P. Crosby

Service: 3 years 5 months 7 days (Gov't)
York East
Elig. 4,614 Votes: 2,920 Partic.: 63.29%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
7		 Ontario
5 June 1890
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33308(F) — 31 Dec 2022 13:12 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/2 1,705 58.94% +517 Loser:
CER
 1,188 41.06% John Gibson

Service: 4 years 20 days (Gov't)
York East
Elig. 5,202 Votes: 3,498 Partic.: 67.24%
 !!! 
 Can.: 2
Provincial
8		 Ontario
26 June 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 33399(F) — 31 Dec 2022 10:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
55		 Successor:
LIB
 1,959 56.23% John Richardson

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
George Byron Smith		 22 Sep 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
George Byron Smith		 22 Sep 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
George Byron Smith		 22 Sep 2024
EN Wikipedia
George Byron Smith		 22 Sep 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Sep 2024 15:21 (but data presented dynamically)

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