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♂ Robert B. Smith
aliasRobert B. Smith
Record
57718 · 10696

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
New Brunswick 2 1 3
Birth 7 December 1872 → 151 years + 4 months ago
Lived 58 years + 1 month
First mandate 24 February 1917 → 107 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 44 years + 2 months
Death 29 January 1931 → 93 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 5 years + 5 months after 9 August 1925
Special notes
None
 

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
New Brunswick 8 5 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 3  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Ewart C. Atkinson  m 
⊖ David W. Mersereau  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Alton D. Taylor  m 
 		 ⊖ Parker Glasier  m 
⊖ George A. Perley  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,572 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
34		 New Brunswick
24 February 1917
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32285(F) — 9 Aug 2023 11:17 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
44
LIB
 2/4 685 53.27% +85 Loser:
CONS
 600 46.66% Parker Glasier

Service: 3 years 7 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,166 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
35		 New Brunswick
9 October 1920
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 32307(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 2/4 1,401 67.26% +722 Loser:
CONS
 679 32.60% James Harding

Service: 4 years 10 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,134 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
36		 New Brunswick
10 August 1925
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 32333(F) — 16 Jun 2023 21:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
52
LIB
 3/4 1,429 46.59% -208 Winner:
CONS
 1,637 53.37% Ewart C. Atkinson

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Robert Black Smith		 09 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
34th New Brunswick Legislature		 09 Sep 2023

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