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♂ Sidney E. Smith
aliasSidney E. Smith
Record
57755 · 12129

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 9 March 1897 → 127 years + 1 month ago
Lived 62 years
First mandate 4 November 1957 → 66 years + 5 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 7 months
Death 17 March 1959 → 65 years + 1 month ago
Died in office Yes
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
Canada 1 4 10

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23–24
PC
 1 Minister of State/responsible 60–62 13 Sep 1957 — 17 Mar 1959 1 6 4
 1. External Affairs

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 27,024 Votes: 10,779 Participation: 39.89% Candidacies: 2
Federal
23		 Ontario
4 November 1957
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24218(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
60
PC
 1/2 10,513 97.53% +10,247 Loser:
LAB
 266 2.47% Ross J. Dowson

Service: 4 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,024 Votes: 20,153 Participation: 74.57% Candidacies: 3
Federal
24		 Ontario
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24330(F) — 28 Jan 2022 09:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
PC
 1/3 13,983 69.38% +8,419 Loser:
LIB
 5,564 27.61% William A. Shannon
After his election:
17 Mar 1959 62
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,024 Votes: 12,462 Participation: 46.11% Candidacies: 2
Federal
24		 Ontario
5 October 1959
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24487(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
62		 Successor:
PC
 9,079 72.85% Roderick A.E. Webb

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Sidney Earle Smith, P.C., M.P.		 17 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Sidney Earle Smith, C.P., député		 17 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Sidney Earle Smith		 17 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Oct 2023 21:54 (but data presented dynamically)

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