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♀ Helen Douglas Smith
aliasHelen Smith
Record
57555 · 13694

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 2 2 4
Birth 10 July 1886 → 137 years + 9 months ago
Lived 68 years + 11 months
First mandate 1 November 1933 → 90 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 47 years + 3 months
Death 3 July 1955 → 68 years + 9 months ago
Exit → Death 13 years + 8 months after 20 October 1941
Special notes
None
 
Helen Douglas Smith (1886–1955)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, British Columbia — Fair trade
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 7 11 17 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
14 documented challengers
⊖ Donald C. Brown  m 
⊖ Dugald Donaghy  m 
⊖ Thomas H. Kirk  m 
⊖ W. Grace MacInnis  f 
⊖ Royal L. (Pat) Maitland  m 
⊖ George C. Miller  m 
⊖ Nelson C. Spencer  m 
 		 ⊖ William R. Dick  m 
⊖ John H. Forester  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Angus MacInnis  m 
⊖ C. Grant MacNeil  m 
⊖ Gerald G. McGeer  m 
⊖ William C. Shelly  m 
⊖ George A. Walkem  m 
 
Eligible: 54,745 Votes: 180,634 Participation: 54.99% Candidacies: 15
Provincial
17		 British Columbia
18 July 1928
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 29371(F) — 20 Sep 2022 19:59 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
42
LIB
 8/15 12,514 41.57% -3,255 Winner:
CONS
 15,769 52.38% George A. Walkem
Eligible: 30,719 Votes: 40,390 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 12
Provincial
18		 British Columbia
1 November 1933
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29409(F) — 3 Mar 2022 23:12 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
47
LIB
 2/12 9,117 45.14% +2,571 Loser:
CFF
 6,546 32.41% Mildred M. Osterhout

Service: 3 years 6 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,547 Votes: 46,606 Participation: 67.45% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
19		 British Columbia
1 June 1937
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29463(F) — 3 Mar 2022 23:40 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 2/11 8,297 35.60% +930 Loser:
CFF
 7,367 31.61% Donald S. Maxwell

Service: 4 years 4 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 37,633 Votes: 50,878 Participation: 67.60% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
20		 British Columbia
21 October 1941
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 29549(F) — 20 Sep 2021 17:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
LIB
 6/7 7,276 28.75% -2,126 Winner:
CFF
 9,402 37.15% W. Grace MacInnis

Online biographical reference

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EN Wikipedia
Helen Douglas Smith		 02 May 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  2 May 2024 07:22 (but data presented dynamically)

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