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♂ Joseph Roberts Smallwood
aliasJoey Smallwood
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased
A Father of Confederation 		Performance: 100%
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Newfoundland and Labrador 8 0 8
Birth 24 December 1900 → 123 years + 4 months ago
Lived 90 years + 11 months
First mandate 27 May 1949 → 74 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 48 years + 5 months
Death 17 December 1991 → 32 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 14 years + 5 months after 18 June 1977
Conferences Confederation conferences attended
representing Newfoundland:
✗ Charlottetown (September 1864)
✗ Québec (October 1864)
✗ London (December 1866)

Newfoundland only entered Confederation in 1949, well after the conferences. Smallwood wasn't even born yet!
Special notes
None
 
Joseph Roberts (Joey) Smallwood (1900–1991)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ William R.S. Smallwood (1928–2001) Son  
 
Well that's interesting!
The first premier of Newfoundland when it joined Canada in 1949, Smallwood is sometimes referred to as the "Last Father of Confederation."
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 24 6 22 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 29–35
LIB
 1 Party leader 48–71 01 Jan 1949 — 20 Jan 1972 23 0 19
2. NL 29–35
LIB
 1 Premier 48–71 27 May 1949 — 17 Jan 1972 22 7 21
3. NL 35
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 71 18 Jan 1972 — 23 Mar 1972 0 2 5
4. NL 36
LIBR
 1 Party leader 74–76 01 Jan 1975 — 18 Jun 1977 2 5 17

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 10  
5 documented challengers
⊖ Thomas M. Doyle  m 
⊖ Calvin G. Normore  m 
⊖ Paul S. Thoms  m 
 		 ⊖ Malcolm M. Hollett  m 
⊖ William G. Patterson  m 
 
Eligible: 6,743 Votes: 4,872 Participation: 72.25% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
29		 Newfoundland and Labrador
27 May 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26014(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature (Party leader)
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 4,215 86.87% +3,578 Loser:
PC
 637 13.13% James Way

Service: 2 years 5 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,743 Votes: 4,275 Participation: 63.40% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
30		 Newfoundland and Labrador
26 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26053(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
50
LIB
 1/2 3,916 91.71% +3,562 Loser:
PC
 354 8.29% Maxwell Pritchett

Service: 4 years 10 months 5 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,502 Votes: 3,717 Participation: 57.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
31		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 October 1956
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26078(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 3,429 93.00% +3,171 Loser:
CCF
 258 7.00% Paul S. Thoms

Service: 2 years 10 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,214 Votes: 6,491 Participation: 89.98% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
32		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 August 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26142(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
58
LIB
 1/2 4,243 65.64% +2,022 Loser:
PC
 2,221 34.36% Malcolm M. Hollett

Service: 3 years 2 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,865 Votes: 3,951 Participation: 57.55% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
33		 Newfoundland and Labrador
19 November 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26150(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 3,195 81.15% +2,453 Loser:
PC
 742 18.85% E. Douglas Parsons

Service: 3 years 9 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,841 Votes: 6,646 Participation: 67.53% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 September 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14609(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 4,431 67.21% +2,269 Loser:
NDP
 2,162 32.79% Calvin G. Normore

Service: 5 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,731 Votes: 4,923 Participation: 85.90% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Newfoundland and Labrador
28 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 PC  18 Jan 1972
ID: 14656(F) — 4 Sep 2023 17:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
70
LIB
 1/2 2,852 58.61% +838 Loser:
PC
 2,014 41.39% William G. Patterson
After his election:
18 Jan 1972 71
LIB
 →
PC
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 4 months 24 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 5,731 Votes: 4,919 Participation: 85.83% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14698(F) — 22 Oct 2021 23:52 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
71		 Successor:
PC
 2,688 54.99% Fintan J. Aylward
Eligible: 4,931 Votes: 3,639 Participation: 73.80% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14588(F) — 5 Aug 2023 23:12 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
74
LIBR
 1/4 1,467 40.42% +267 Loser:
LIB
 1,200 33.07% Woodrow J. Philpott
After his election:
18 Jun 1977 76
LIBR
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 9 months 2 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 4,931 Votes: 4,247 Participation: 86.13% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
8 December 1977
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14747(F) — 27 Feb 2022 15:34 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
76		 Successor:
LIB
 2,314 54.69% William N. Rowe

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Joey Smallwood		 14 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Joey Smallwood		 14 Apr 2024
EN Find a Grave
Joseph Roberts "Joey" Smallwood		 14 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Joey Smallwood		 14 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Joey Smallwood		 14 Apr 2024

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