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♂ Donald A. Smith
aliasDonald A. Smith
Record
57481 · 4965

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 1 7
Manitoba 1 0 1
Total 7 1 8
Birth 6 August 1820 → 203 years + 9 months ago
Lived 93 years + 5 months
First mandate 27 December 1870 → 153 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 4 months
Death 21 January 1914 → 110 years + 3 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 6 months after 22 June 1896
Double mandate Selkirk / Winnipeg and St. John (Manitoba)
Up until about 1872-74 (depending on the jurisdiction), a parliamentarian could sit in his provincial legislature and the Commons.
Special notes
None
 
Donald A. Smith (1820–1914)
© Photo Hudson’s Bay Company Archives via the Manitoba Historical Society — Public domain
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
Canada 18 6 6
Manitoba 3 0 19 Z
TOTAL 21 6 26

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Andrew G.B. Bannatyne  m 
⊖ John C. Schultz  m 
 		 ⊖ Alexander Morris  m 
⊖ Thomas Scott  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 133 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
27 December 1870
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28271(F) — 6 Feb 2023 10:28 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
50
IND
 1/2 70 52.63% +7 Loser:
IND
 63 47.37% John C. Schultz
After his election:
28 Dec 1870 50
IND
 →
GOV
 Changed allegiance ()
15 Jan 1874 53
GOV
 →
Vac.
 Elected in another riding
Service: 3 years 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 342 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
1		 Manitoba
2 March 1871
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18467(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
ICON
 1/2 239 69.88% +136 Loser:
IND
 103 30.12% John Taylor

Service: 1 year 4 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 320 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
2		 Manitoba
20 July 1872
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Minority
 LIB  5 Nov 1873
ID: 18663(F) — 17 Nov 2023 22:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
ICON
 1/2 258 80.62% +196 Loser:
IND
 62 19.38% A.E. Wilson
After his election:
5 Nov 1873 53
CONS
 →
LIB
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 1 year 6 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 839 Votes: 554 Participation: 66.03% Candidacies: 2
Federal
3		 Manitoba
22 January 1874
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 18710(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
ICON
 1/2 329 59.39% +104 Loser:
LIB
 225 40.61% Andrew G.B. Bannatyne

Service: 4 years 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
1		 Manitoba
1 April 1874
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28273(F) — 6 Feb 2023 10:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
53		 Successor:
GOV
 Acclam. Robert A. Davis
Eligible: 2,133 Votes: 1,115 Participation: 52.27% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Manitoba
17 September 1878
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 18996(F) — 21 Jan 2022 13:00 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
ICON
 1/2 555 50.41% +9 Loser:
CONS
 546 49.59% Alexander Morris
After his election:
13 May 1880 59
ICON
 →
Vac.
 Election cancelled/Unseated
Service: 1 year 7 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,133 Votes: 1,312 Participation: 61.51% Candidacies: 2
Federal
4		 Manitoba
10 September 1880
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19622(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
60
ICON
 2/2 577 43.98% -158 Winner:
CONS
 735 56.02% Thomas Scott
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,366 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
6		 Québec
22 February 1887
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19561(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
66
ICON
 1/2 3,908 61.39% +1,450 Loser:
LIB
 2,458 38.61% J.K. Ward

Service: 4 years 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,466 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
7		 Québec
5 March 1891
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 19913(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
70
ICON
 1/2 4,586 83.90% +3,706 Loser:
LIB
 880 16.10% M. Albert Law

Service: 5 years 3 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,981 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Québec
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20199(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
75		 Successor:
CONS
 3,077 51.45% Thomas G. Roddick

Online biographical references (7)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Smith, Donald Alexander, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal		  1 Feb 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Smith, Donald Alexander, 1er baron Strathcona and Mount Royal		  1 Feb 2024
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal		  1 Feb 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Smith, Donald Alexander, 1er baron Strathcona et Mount Royal		  1 Feb 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Smith, Donald Alexander		  1 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Smith, Donald Alexander		  1 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Donald Alexander Smith [Lord Strathcona] (1820-1914)		  1 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Right Hon. Sir Donald Alexander Smith, P.C., M.P.		  1 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Le très hon. sir Donald Alexander Smith, C.P., député		  1 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal		  1 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Donald Alexander Smith		  1 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  1 Feb 2024 21:59 (but data presented dynamically)

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