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♂ William Richard Squires Smallwood
aliasWilliam Smallwood
Record
57346 · 4441

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 3 7
Birth 30 September 1928 → 95 years + 7 months ago
Lived 73 years + 1 month
First mandate 2 October 1956 → 67 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 28 years
Death 30 October 2001 → 22 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 30 years + 3 days after 27 October 1971
Special notes
Suffered stab wounds in 1983 in an altercation with his son, who was charged with attempted murder, but the charges were withdrawn due to insufficient evidence.
 

William Richard Squires Smallwood (1928–2001)
No image available
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Joseph R. (Joey) Smallwood (1900–1991) Father  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 15 0 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Randell W. Collins  m 
⊕ Gerald Smith  m 
 		 ⊖ James C. Morgan  m 
 
Eligible: 4,821 Votes: 3,232 Participation: 67.04% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26087(F) — 1 Jan 2024 11:14 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
28
LIB
 1/3 2,529 78.61% +2,032 Loser:
PC
 497 15.45% Roy Manuel

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,821 Votes: 3,958 Participation: 82.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26125(F) — 1 Jan 2024 11:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
30
LIB
 1/3 2,406 60.93% +1,284 Loser:
DP
 1,122 28.41% Marvin Skinner

Service: 3 years 2 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 4,423 Votes: 2,409 Participation: 54.47% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26160(F) — 1 Jan 2024 11:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 1,415 59.06% +434 Loser:
NDP
 981 40.94% Kitchener Pritchett

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,382 Votes: 3,524 Participation: 65.48% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14603(F) — 1 Jan 2024 11:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/2 2,496 71.17% +1,485 Loser:
PC
 1,011 28.83% Rupert Short

Service: 5 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,910 Votes: 4,800 Participation: 81.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 14645(F) — 6 Jul 2023 09:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
43		 Successor:
LIB
 2,687 56.38% Harold E.J. Starkes
Eligible: 5,537 Votes: 3,748 Participation: 67.69% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14543(F) — 1 Jan 2024 11:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
46
LIBR
 2/3 938 25.09% -1,388 Winner:
PC
 2,326 62.23% James C. Morgan
Eligible: 7,108 Votes: 5,323 Participation: 74.89% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14520(F) — 1 Jan 2024 11:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
50
LIB
 2/4 2,200 41.50% -789 Winner:
PC
 2,989 56.39% Randell W. Collins
Eligible: 9,599 Votes: 5,288 Participation: 55.09% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
44		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 February 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 4915(F) — 1 Jan 2024 11:14 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
70
IND
 4/4 151 2.87% -2,825 Winner:
LIB
 2,976 56.50% Gerald Smith

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
David Maher, Cape Breton Post (15 December 2019), Lies, intrigue and assault: a brief history of suspensions from the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly		 14 Apr 2024
EN Find a Grave
William Richard Squires Smallwood		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
William R. Smallwood		 14 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Apr 2024 23:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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