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♂ Walter Edmund Smishek
aliasWalter Edmund Smishek
Record
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Ukrainian-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 5 1 6
Birth 21 July 1925 → 98 years + 9 months ago
Lived 89 years + 5 months
First mandate 22 April 1964 → 60 years + 25 days ago
↳ at age 38 years + 9 months
Death 22 December 2014 → 9 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 32 years + 7 months after 25 April 1982
Special notes
None
 
Walter Edmund Smishek (1925–2014)
© Photo Saskatchewan Archives via The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 17 11 29 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Henry Harold Peter Baker  m 
⊖ J. Wilfrid Gardiner  m 
 		 ⊖ Jacob W. Erb  m 
⊖ Russell A. Sutor  m 
 
Eligible: 24,884 Votes: 38,315 Participation: 76.99% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
15		 Saskatchewan
22 April 1964
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31920(F) — 25 Sep 2022 11:59 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
NCCF
 2/6 8,395 43.82% +187 Loser:
LIB
 8,208 42.84% Paul Dojack

Service: 3 years 5 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,352 Votes: 10,460 Participation: 72.88% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
16		 Saskatchewan
11 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 13344(F) — 9 Sep 2023 15:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NCCF
 1/3 5,892 56.33% +2,548 Loser:
LIB
 3,344 31.97% Frank Gerein
After his election:
27 Nov 1967 42
NCCF
 →
NPD
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 8 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,427 Votes: 12,907 Participation: 78.57% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
17		 Saskatchewan
23 June 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 13282(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
NPD
 1/2 8,760 67.87% +4,613 Loser:
LIB
 4,147 32.13% J. Wilfrid Gardiner

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,995 Votes: 7,041 Participation: 70.45% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
18		 Saskatchewan
11 June 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9113(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
NPD
 1/3 3,735 53.32% +2,000 Loser:
LIB
 1,735 24.77% Del Miller

Service: 3 years 4 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,923 Votes: 7,953 Participation: 72.81% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9153(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NPD
 1/4 4,831 61.00% +2,583 Loser:
PC
 2,248 28.38% F. Warren Denzin

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,201 Votes: 9,266 Participation: 82.72% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10690(F) — 12 Mar 2022 12:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
NDP
 2/4 3,559 38.51% -1,744 Winner:
PC
 5,303 57.39% Russell A. Sutor

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Smishek, Walter Edmund (1925- )		 27 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Smishek, Walter Edmund 1925 – 2014 (p. 34)		 27 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Smishek		 27 Mar 2024

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