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♂ Walter B. Smith
aliasWalter B. Smith
Record
57788 · 237

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 0 3
Birth 26 March 1912 → 112 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 6 months
First mandate 25 June 1968 → 55 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 56 years + 2 months
Death 3 October 1987 → 36 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 8 years + 4 months after 21 May 1979
Special notes
None
 
Walter B. Smith (1912–1987)
© Photo 1974 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 10 10 23

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊖ J.-Paul Beaulieu  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 30,512 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
28		 Québec
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10115(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
56
LIB
 1/5 15,878 52.04% +6,163 Loser:
PC
 9,715 31.84% J.-Paul Beaulieu

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 51,040 Votes: 37,474 Participation: 73.42% Candidacies: 7
Federal
29		 Québec
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10364(F) — 26 Feb 2023 17:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/7 16,459 43.92% +7,155 Loser:
SC
 9,304 24.83% André Avery

Service: 1 year 8 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 54,334 Votes: 37,571 Participation: 69.15% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Québec
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10629(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
LIB
 1/7 18,798 53.20% +9,109 Loser:
PC
 9,689 27.42% J.-C.-Raymond Grenier

Service: 4 years 10 months 13 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 59,750 Votes: 44,180 Participation: 73.94% Candidacies: 7
Federal
31		 Québec
22 May 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 4574(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
67		 Successor:
LIB
 28,496 64.50% Paul-André Massé

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Walter Bernard Smith, M.P.		 25 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Walter Bernard Smith, député		 25 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Walter Bernard Smith		 25 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Walter Bernard Smith		 25 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 25 Feb 2024 10:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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