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♂ Donald Smith
aliasDonald Smith
Record
57483 · 10162

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 7 July 1905 → 118 years + 9 months ago
Lived 79 years + 10 months
First mandate 27 June 1949 → 74 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 11 months
Death 7 May 1985 → 38 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 8 months after 9 August 1953
Special notes
None
 

Family ties with other documented individuals
⊖ Richard Hunt (1832–1915) Grandfather  
⊖ Jordan W. Smith (1864–1948) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 1 12

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 16,036 Votes: 13,223 Participation: 82.46% Candidacies: 3
Federal
21		 Nova Scotia
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23451(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 1/3 6,501 49.35% +219 Loser:
PC
 6,282 47.69% Hubert G. Nickerson

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 29,397 Votes: 23,262 Participation: 79.13% Candidacies: 2
Federal
22		 Nova Scotia
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23750(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 13,053 56.46% Robert H. Winters

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Donald Smith, M.P., Senator		 22 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Donald Smith, député, sénateur		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald Smith (politician)		 22 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 22 Oct 2023 21:26 (but data presented dynamically)

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