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♂ Matthew Smith
aliasMatthew Smith
Record
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Methodist   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 3 0 3
Birth 15 July 1843 → 180 years + 9 months ago
Lived 65 years + 7 months
First mandate 12 December 1900 → 123 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 57 years + 4 months
Death 1 March 1909 → 115 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Matthew Smith (1843–1909) 200x181
© Photo UPEI Island Archives — Public domain
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
Prince Edward Island 8 2 16 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. PE 36
LIB
 1 Speaker 65 02 Jan 1909 — 01 Mar 1909 0 1 27

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ William Campbell  m 
 		 ⊖ Donald Nicholson  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,680 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
34		 Prince Edward Island
12 December 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17405(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 1/2 895 53.27% +110 Loser:
CONS
 785 46.73% William Campbell

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,705 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 Prince Edward Island
7 December 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17443(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 956 56.07% +207 Loser:
CONS
 749 43.93% Donald Nicholson

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,605 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
18 November 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25328(F) — 13 Feb 2022 18:20 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
LIB
 1/2 849 52.90% +93 Loser:
CONS
 756 47.10% Arthur Simpson
After his election:
1 Mar 1909 65
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,689 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
36		 Prince Edward Island
7 July 1909
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25338(F) — 12 Jul 2023 18:17 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
65		 Successor:
LIB
 879 52.04% Cyrus W. Crosby

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Smith, Matthew		 27 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Matthew Smith		 27 Dec 2023
EN Wikipedia
Matthew Smith (Canadian politician)		 27 Dec 2023

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