Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → John D. Smith

♂ John D. Smith
aliasJohn D. Smith
Record
57598 · 13608

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 1 4
Birth 12 September 1919 → 104 years + 7 months ago
Lived 78 years + 1 month
First mandate 19 September 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 37 years
Death 22 October 1997 → 26 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 31 years + 1 month after 11 September 1966
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
British Columbia 9 11 20 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Lydia A. Arsens  f 
⊖ George F.T. Gregory  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Waldo M. Skillings  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Montague L. Tyrwhitt-Drake  m 
 		 ⊖ William N. Chant  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Ernest L. Knott  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William T. Straith  m 
 
Eligible: 35,632 Votes: 25,799 Participation: 72.40% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29774(F) — 13 Aug 2022 12:24 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
32
SC
 3/4 4,637 19.59% -3,820 Winner:
LIB
 8,457 35.73% William T. Straith
Eligible: 31,502 Votes: 60,771 Participation: 64.30% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
25		 British Columbia
19 September 1956
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29867(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
37
SC
 2/13 8,620 42.73% +793 Loser:
SC
 7,827 38.80% Lydia A. Arsens

Service: 3 years 11 months 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,109 Votes: 65,717 Participation: 68.22% Candidacies: 12
Provincial
26		 British Columbia
12 September 1960
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29915(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
SC
 2/12 8,855 40.66% +1,577 Loser:
LIB
 7,278 33.42% George F.T. Gregory

Service: 3 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 32,780 Votes: 58,845 Participation: 59.84% Candidacies: 13
Provincial
27		 British Columbia
30 September 1963
General
Plurality-at-large (3)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29960(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
SC
 3/13 9,118 46.62% +4,678 Loser:
LIB
 4,440 22.70% Michael Griffin

Service: 2 years 11 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 35,598 Votes: 45,579 Participation: 64.02% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
28		 British Columbia
12 September 1966
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 30002(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
47		 Successor:
SC
 12,156 53.65% Waldo M. Skillings

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Donald Smith		 12 Sep 2023

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 12 Sep 2023 21:58 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.