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♂ John R. Smith
aliasJohn R. Smith
Record
57607 · 5788

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 3 1 4
Birth 10 November 1936 → 87 years + 5 months ago
Lived 82 years
First mandate 17 October 1967 → 56 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 11 months
Death 5 December 2018 → 5 years + 4 months ago
Exit → Death 41 years + 5 months after 8 June 1977
Special notes
None
 
John R. Smith (1936–2018)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Ontario — Fair trade
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
Ontario 9 7 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Brian A. Charlton  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Raymond C. Edwards  m 
 		 ⊖ John L. Dowling  m 
⊖ William E. Stewart  m 
 
Eligible: 40,126 Votes: 27,277 Participation: 67.98% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
28		 Ontario
17 October 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13991(F) — 3 Oct 2023 11:38 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
PC
 1/4 12,105 44.60% +1,083 Loser:
NDP
 11,022 40.61% John L. Dowling

Service: 4 years 3 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,912 Votes: 35,872 Participation: 78.13% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
29		 Ontario
21 October 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14110(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
PC
 1/3 17,979 50.28% +7,254 Loser:
NDP
 10,725 29.99% Donald Eastman

Service: 3 years 10 months 27 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 45,488 Votes: 33,041 Participation: 72.64% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
30		 Ontario
18 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12455(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
38
PC
 1/4 12,769 38.80% +1,727 Loser:
NDP
 11,042 33.55% Brian A. Charlton

Service: 1 year 8 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 46,192 Votes: 33,315 Participation: 72.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Ontario
9 June 1977
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 12079(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:21 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
40
PC
 2/4 12,308 37.13% -373 Winner:
NDP
 12,681 38.26% Brian A. Charlton

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
John Roxburgh Smith		 22 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
John Roxburgh Smith		 22 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Roxburgh Smith		 22 Feb 2024

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