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♂ Gerald Smith
aliasGerald Smith
Record
57535 · 4611

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 1 4
Birth 30 November 1943
Age 80 years + 4 months
First mandate 3 May 1993 → 30 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 5 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 6 months ago (20 October 2003)
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 10 5 15 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ James E. Hodder  m 
 		 ⊖ William R.S. Smallwood  m 
 
Eligible: 6,213 Votes: 4,226 Participation: 68.02% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 Newfoundland and Labrador
3 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6904(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 2,719 64.55% +1,514 Loser:
PC
 1,205 28.61% Godfrey White

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,055 Votes: 5,921 Participation: 65.39% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
43		 Newfoundland and Labrador
22 February 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 6856(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 4,011 67.93% +2,117 Loser:
PC
 1,894 32.07% Scott Hurley

Service: 2 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/4 2,976 56.50% +1,257 Loser:
PC
 1,719 32.64% Ada Marche

Service: 4 years 8 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,293 Votes: 5,596 Participation: 60.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4867(F) — 27 Feb 2022 20:41 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
59
LIB
 2/3 2,378 42.75% -723 Winner:
PC
 3,101 55.74% James E. Hodder

Online biographical reference

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Gerald Smith (Canadian politician)		 30 Nov 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 30 Nov 2023 20:41 (but data presented dynamically)

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