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♂ William W. Smith
aliasWilliam W. Smith
Record
57807 · 9139

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 1 1 2
Birth 12 February 1886 → 138 years + 2 months ago
Lived ± 68 years
First mandate 6 June 1929 → 94 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 43 years + 3 months
Death c. 1955 → 69 years ago
Exit → Death ± 20 years + 6 months after 18 June 1934
Special notes
None
 

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
Saskatchewan 5 0 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
2 documented challengers
⊖ David J. Sykes  m 
 		 ⊖ James G. Taggart  m 
 
Eligible: 7,604 Votes: 5,562 Participation: 73.15% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
7		 Saskatchewan
6 June 1929
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 CONS  9 Sep 1929
ID: 31492(F) — 27 Oct 2023 21:11 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
CONS
 1/2 2,851 51.26% +140 Loser:
LIB
 2,711 48.74% David J. Sykes
After his election:
9 Sep 1929 43
LIB
 →
CONS
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 5 years 12 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 8,274 Votes: 7,207 Participation: 87.10% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
8		 Saskatchewan
19 June 1934
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 31556(F) — 11 Sep 2023 18:16 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
48
CONS
 3/3 2,337 32.43% -194 Winner:
LIB
 2,531 35.12% James G. Taggart

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Find a Grave
William Wensley Smith		 27 Oct 2023
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Smith, William Wensley 1888 – 1955 (p. 35)		 27 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
William Wensley Smith		 27 Oct 2023

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