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♂ Ralph Smith
aliasRalph Smith
Record
57701 · 6822

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 70%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 3 1 4
British Columbia 4 2 6
Total 7 3 10
Birth 8 August 1858 → 165 years + 8 months ago
Lived 58 years + 6 months
First mandate 9 July 1898 → 125 years + 9 months ago
↳ at age 39 years + 11 months
Death 12 February 1917 → 107 years + 2 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Ralph Smith (1858–1917)
© Photo — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Mary Ellen S. Smith (1861–1933) Spouse  
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 10 10 10
British Columbia 2 7 7 Z
TOTAL 13 5 17

Electoral history

Races 10  
Path points 12  
15 documented challengers
⊖ William J. Bowser  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John S. Cowper  m 
⊖ James H. Hawthornthwaite  m 
⊖ Alexander H.B. MacGowan  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ John W. McIntosh  m 
⊖ Francis H. Shepherd  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Charles E. Tisdall  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ Henry H. Watson  m 
 		 ⊖ John Bryden  m 
⊖ John W.D. Farris  m 
⊖ Malcolm A. MacDonald  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ George A. McGuire  m  (2 runoffs)
⊖ William A. Pritchard  m 
⊖ William Sloan  m 
⊖ William W. Walkem  m 
 
Eligible: 702 Votes: 550 Participation: 78.35% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 British Columbia
7 July 1894
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Majority
ID: 28735(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
35
LAB
 2/2 139 25.27% -272 Winner:
GOV
 411 74.73% John Bryden
Eligible: 321 Votes: 246 Participation: 76.64% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 British Columbia
9 July 1898
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28771(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
39
LAB
 1/2 193 78.46% +140 Loser:
GOV
 53 21.54% William W. Walkem

Service: 1 year 10 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,344 Votes: 849 Participation: 63.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
9 June 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28809(F) — 2 Mar 2022 21:35 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LAB
 1/2 763 89.87% +677 Loser:
GOV
 86 10.13% James S. Yates
After his election:
10 Oct 1900 42
LAB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 4 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 2,956 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
9		 British Columbia
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20280(F) — 28 Aug 2022 22:23 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
LIB
 1/3 1,256 42.49% +388 Loser:
CONS
 868 29.36% Clive P. Wolley

Service: 3 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,344 Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
9		 British Columbia
20 February 1901
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  GOV  Minority
ID: 28834(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
42		 Successor:
ILAB
 Acclam. James H. Hawthornthwaite
Eligible: inc. Votes: 3,214 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
10		 British Columbia
3 November 1904
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20667(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
LIB
 1/3 1,392 43.31% +287 Loser:
CONS
 1,105 34.38% Clive P. Wolley

Service: 3 years 11 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,185 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
11		 British Columbia
26 October 1908
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20786(F) — 12 Aug 2023 21:18 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
LIB
 1/3 1,494 36.08% +159 Loser:
CONS
 1,335 32.24% Francis H. Shepherd

Service: 2 years 10 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 4,188 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
12		 British Columbia
21 September 1911
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 21024(F) — 5 Jul 2023 11:45 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
53
LIB
 2/2 1,750 41.79% -688 Winner:
CONS
 2,438 58.21% Francis H. Shepherd
Eligible: 20,393 Votes: 46,285 Participation: 45.39% Candidacies: 16
Provincial
13		 British Columbia
28 March 1912
General
Plurality-at-large (5)
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 28985(F) — 2 Mar 2022 22:57 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
53
LIB
 6/16 3,257 35.18% -1,720 Winner:
LC
 4,977 53.76% Henry H. Watson
Eligible: 27,578 Votes: 95,705 Participation: 57.84% Candidacies: 19
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
14 September 1916
General
Plurality-at-large (6)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29023(F) — 3 Mar 2022 08:12 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
58
LIB
 2/19 8,106 50.82% +1,101 Loser:
LIB
 7,005 43.92% Patrick Donnelly
After his election:
29 Nov 1916 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran in a ministerial by-election
Service: 2 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,578 Votes: 16,375 Participation: 29.69% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
21 December 1916
By-Election
Plurality-at-large (2)
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29033(F) — 14 Oct 2022 19:52 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
LIB
 1/3 7,406 90.45% +3,498 Loser:
ILIB
 3,908 47.73% Donald E. McTaggart
After his election:
12 Feb 1917 58
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 month 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 27,578 Votes: 15,960 Participation: 57.87% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
14		 British Columbia
24 January 1918
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 29045(F) — 23 Jul 2023 22:54 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
58		 Successor:
IND
 9,356 58.62% Mary Ellen S. Smith

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Smith, Ralph		 09 Mar 2024
FR Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Smith, Ralph		 09 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ralph Smith, M.P.		 09 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Ralph Smith, député		 09 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Ralph Smith (homme politique canadien)		 09 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ralph Smith (Canadian politician)		 09 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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