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♂ Alfred W. Smith
aliasAlfred W. Smith
Record
57407 · 13807

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 5 0 5
Birth 20 March 1840 → 184 years + 1 month ago
Lived 67 years + 9 months
First mandate 21 September 1889 → 134 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 6 months
Death 25 December 1907 → 116 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 4 years + 3 months after 4 September 1903
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 13 11 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Morrison  m 
 		 ⊖ David A. Stoddart  m 
 
Eligible: 200 Votes: 157 Participation: 78.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 British Columbia
21 September 1889
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28701(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
GOV
 1/2 94 59.87% +31 Loser:
OPPO
 63 40.13% John Saul

Service: 8 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 242 Votes: 268 Participation: 55.37% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
6		 British Columbia
13 June 1890
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28709(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
GOV
 2/3 89 66.42% +29 Loser:
GOV
 60 44.78% William Morrison

Service: 4 years 23 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 129 Votes: 97 Participation: 75.19% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
11 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28734(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
GOV
 1/2 61 62.89% +25 Loser:
OPPO
 36 37.11% William H. Keatley

Service: 3 years 11 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 284 Votes: 205 Participation: 72.18% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28766(F) — 23 Jul 2023 21:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
GOV
 1/2 133 64.88% +61 Loser:
OPPO
 72 35.12% Eusebius S. Peters
After his election:
10 Jul 1898 58
GOV
 →
OPPO
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 354 Votes: 221 Participation: 62.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28808(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
IOPP
 1/3 134 60.63% +54 Loser:
IND
 80 36.20% Robert B. Skinner

Service: 3 years 2 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 370 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
10		 British Columbia
5 September 1903
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28849(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:07 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
63		 Successor:
LC
 Acclam. Archibald McDonald

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
Alfred Wellington Smith		 27 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
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Alfred Wellington Smith		 27 Sep 2023

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