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♂ William Murray Smith
aliasMurray Smith
Record
57785 · 6657

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 20%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 4 5
Birth 23 October 1930 → 93 years + 6 months ago
Lived 79 years + 11 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 29 days ago
↳ at age 27 years + 5 months
Death 1 October 2010 → 13 years + 6 months ago
Exit → Death 48 years + 3 months after 17 June 1962
Special notes
None
 
William Murray Smith (1930–2010)
© Photo via Parlinfo — 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
Canada 4 2 17

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
8 documented challengers
⊕ Alan A. Johnson  m 
⊖ Stanley H. Knowles  m 
⊖ William C. Ross  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Peter S. Taraska  m 
 		 ⊖ Mary Kardash  f 
⊖ David Orlikow  m 
⊖ Alistair M. Stewart  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ C. Aili Waldman  m 
 
Eligible: 58,129 Votes: 42,562 Participation: 73.22% Candidacies: 5
Federal
23		 Manitoba
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24003(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
26
PC
 3/5 6,905 16.52% -13,449 Winner:
CCF
 20,354 48.69% Alistair M. Stewart
Eligible: 58,129 Votes: 46,246 Participation: 79.56% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Manitoba
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24269(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
27
PC
 1/4 19,629 42.44% +215 Loser:
CCF
 19,414 41.98% Alistair M. Stewart

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 49,743 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 5
Federal
25		 Manitoba
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24546(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
31
PC
 3/5 14,000 28.14% -4,236 Winner:
NDP
 18,236 36.66% David Orlikow
Eligible: 44,168 Votes: 26,996 Participation: 61.12% Candidacies: 7
Federal
30		 Manitoba
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10444(F) — 24 Sep 2023 10:26 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
43
IND
 6/7 79 0.29% -11,944 Winner:
NDP
 12,023 44.54% Stanley H. Knowles
Eligible: inc. Votes: 60,984 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 6
Federal
34		 Alberta
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3450(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
58
REF
 2/6 9,889 16.22% -25,323 Winner:
PC
 35,212 57.74% Alan A. Johnson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
William Murray Smith, M.P.		 13 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
William Murray Smith, député		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Murray Smith (Canadian politician)		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 08:18 (but data presented dynamically)

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