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♂ Clifford Silas Smallwood
aliasClifford Smallwood
Record
57340 · 7918

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Alberta 0 1 1
Total 4 2 6
Birth 28 July 1915 → 108 years + 9 months ago
Lived 64 years + 3 months
First mandate 31 March 1958 → 66 years + 29 days ago
↳ at age 42 years + 8 months
Death 14 November 1979 → 44 years + 5 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 4 months after 24 June 1968
Special notes
None
 
Clifford Silas Smallwood (1915–1979)
© Photo 1966 House of Commons (Canada) — 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
Canada 10 2 21

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Henry A. Ruste  m 
 		 ⊖ James A. Smith  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 30,038 Votes: 22,582 Participation: 75.18% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23956(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
41
PC
 3/4 3,808 16.96% -7,137 Winner:
SC
 10,945 48.74% James A. Smith
Eligible: 30,038 Votes: 22,742 Participation: 75.71% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24222(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
PC
 1/4 13,049 57.38% +6,912 Loser:
SC
 6,137 26.99% James A. Smith

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,105 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Alberta
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24499(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 12,883 53.45% +6,125 Loser:
SC
 6,758 28.04% James A. Smith

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 25,584 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24763(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/4 15,565 60.84% +9,581 Loser:
SC
 5,984 23.39% Arthur H. Rosenau

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,220 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Alberta
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25032(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/4 14,015 57.87% +8,484 Loser:
SC
 5,531 22.84% Frederick R. Barber

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 24,432 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
28		 Alberta
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9865(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
52		 Successor:
PC
 15,725 64.36% Clifford W. Downey
Eligible: 7,272 Votes: 5,252 Participation: 72.22% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
17		 Alberta
30 August 1971
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13104(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
56
PC
 2/3 1,366 26.15% -1,945 Winner:
SC
 3,311 63.38% Henry A. Ruste

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Clifford Silas Smallwood, M.P.		 17 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Clifford Silas Smallwood, député		 17 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Clifford Smallwood		 17 Apr 2024

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