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♂ Henry W. Smith
aliasHenry W. Smith
Record
57559 · 4824

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 2 0 2
Birth c. 1826 → 198 years ago
Lived ± 64 years
First mandate 18 September 1867 → 156 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age ± 41 years
Death 1 February 1890 → 134 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 15 years + 1 month after 16 December 1874
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 7 2 27 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Charles Allison  m 
⊖ Samuel Freeman  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ John Campbell  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,161 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 Nova Scotia
18 September 1867
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  ANTI  Majority
ID: 17490(F) — 2 Aug 2023 23:09 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±41
ANTI
 1/4 792 73.27% +482 Loser:
CONF
 310 28.68% Charles Allison

Service: 3 years 7 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,459 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
25		 Nova Scotia
16 May 1871
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17511(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±45
LIB
 2/4 826 67.15% +361 Loser:
LC
 465 37.80% Thomas Patillo

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,280 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Provincial
26		 Nova Scotia
17 December 1874
General
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 17793(F) — 14 Sep 2021 21:49 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±48		 Successor:
LIB
 705 61.84% Samuel Freeman

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Smith, Henry William (p. 202)		 29 Sep 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Henry Smith (Canadian politician)		 29 Sep 2023

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Rev.: 29 Sep 2023 06:39 (but data presented dynamically)

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