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♂ Donald M. Smith
aliasDonald M. Smith
Record
57482 · 4109

Presbyterian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 3 1 4
Birth 26 November 1923 → 100 years + 5 months ago
Lived 74 years + 2 months
First mandate 7 June 1960 → 63 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 6 months
Death 16 February 1998 → 26 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 27 years + 4 months after 12 October 1970
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
Nova Scotia 10 4 2 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Gordon S. Cowan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Ronald Wallace  m 
 
Eligible: 13,671 Votes: 10,288 Participation: 75.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Nova Scotia
7 June 1960
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18363(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
PC
 1/3 4,921 48.01% +270 Loser:
LIB
 4,651 45.38% Gordon S. Cowan

Service: 3 years 4 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,702 Votes: 9,494 Participation: 74.74% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Nova Scotia
8 October 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 18405(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
39
PC
 1/2 5,478 58.57% +1,603 Loser:
LIB
 3,875 41.43% Gordon S. Cowan

Service: 3 years 7 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 12,042 Votes: 8,710 Participation: 72.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14255(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 4,771 55.41% +1,249 Loser:
LIB
 3,522 40.91% Robert Matheson

Service: 3 years 4 months 12 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,835 Votes: 8,527 Participation: 72.05% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8611(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
46
PC
 2/2 3,833 45.60% -739 Winner:
LIB
 4,572 54.40% Ronald Wallace

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Smith, Donald MacKeen (p. 201)		 22 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Donald MacKeen Smith		 22 Oct 2023

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