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♂ William H. Smith
aliasWilliam H. Smith
Record
57800 · 10285

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 1 1 2
Birth 12 October 1891 → 132 years + 6 months ago
Lived 66 years + 10 months
First mandate 25 June 1925 → 98 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 8 months
Death 15 August 1958 → 65 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 10 months after 30 September 1928
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 3 3 5 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
4 documented challengers
⊖ J. James Kinley  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Gordon E. Romkey  m 
 		 ⊖ Wallace N. Rehfuss  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Aubrey H. Sperry  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 22,843 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Nova Scotia
25 June 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18083(F) — 14 Sep 2021 20:52 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LC
 2/4 6,902 60.43% +2,374 Loser:
LIB
 4,528 39.64% J. James Kinley

Service: 3 years 3 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,081 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 Nova Scotia
1 October 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 18111(F) — 7 Feb 2022 21:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
36
LC
 3/4 5,709 47.41% -595 Winner:
LIB
 6,304 52.35% Gordon E. Romkey

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Smith, William Haslam (p. 205)		 21 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Haslam Smith		 21 Oct 2023

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