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♂ Harold P. Smith
aliasHarold P. Smith
Record
57548 · 5597

United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Prince Edward Island 5 1 6
Birth 25 March 1907 → 117 years + 1 month ago
Lived 75 years + 6 months
First mandate 10 September 1953 → 70 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 5 months
Death 28 September 1982 → 41 years + 7 months ago
Exit → Death 12 years + 4 months after 10 May 1970
Special notes
None
 
Harold P. Smith (1907–1982) 200x272
© 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 16 7 25 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ H. Bennett Carr  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Daniel J. Compton  m 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 1,539 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
47		 Prince Edward Island
10 September 1953
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25718(F) — 14 Feb 2022 21:15 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/2 1,087 70.63% +635 Loser:
IND
 452 29.37% Leo Praught

Service: 1 year 8 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,158 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
48		 Prince Edward Island
25 May 1955
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25747(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/2 1,194 55.33% +230 Loser:
PC
 964 44.67% G.A. Wellington MacNeill

Service: 4 years 3 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,070 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Prince Edward Island
1 September 1959
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25778(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
52
LIB
 1/2 1,042 50.34% +14 Loser:
PC
 1,028 49.66% G.A. Wellington MacNeill

Service: 3 years 3 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,028 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
50		 Prince Edward Island
10 December 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 25810(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
LIB
 1/2 1,079 53.21% +130 Loser:
PC
 949 46.79% H. Bennett Carr

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 2,341 Votes: 2,143 Participation: 91.54% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 Prince Edward Island
30 May 1966
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25842(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/2 1,030 50.96% +39 Loser:
PC
 991 49.04% H. Bennett Carr

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 2,457 Votes: 2,318 Participation: 94.34% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
52		 Prince Edward Island
11 May 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 25875(F) — 20 Jul 2021 22:04 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
LIB
 2/2 1,050 47.66% -103 Winner:
PC
 1,153 52.34% Daniel J. Compton

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Minding the House : a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs, 1873-1993 (Blair Weeks [Ed.])
Smith, Harold Percy		 26 Dec 2023
EN UPEI Island Archives, Islandora Repository, Biographies of Members of the Legislative Assembly
Harold Percy Smith		 26 Dec 2023

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