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♀ E. Joan Smith
aliasE. Joan Smith
Record
57493 · 9434

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Ontario 2 2 4
Birth 5 January 1928 → 96 years + 3 months ago
Lived 88 years + 1 month
First mandate 2 May 1985 → 39 years + 1 day ago
↳ at age 57 years + 3 months
Death 9 February 2016 → 8 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 25 years + 5 months after 5 September 1990
Special notes
None
 
E. Joan Smith (1928–2016)
© 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 5 4 3 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Gordon W. Walker  m 
⊕ Robert Wood  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ David Winninger  m  (4 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 76,692 Votes: 48,250 Participation: 62.91% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
33		 Ontario
2 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
 LIB  26 Jun 1985
ID: 12350(F) — 6 Jul 2023 21:41 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
57
LIB
 1/4 24,522 51.03% +6,683 Loser:
PC
 17,839 37.12% Gordon W. Walker
After her election:
26 Jun 1985 57
PC
 →
LIB
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 2 years 4 months 7 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 58,087 Votes: 36,333 Participation: 62.55% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Ontario
10 September 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 5616(F) — 2 Oct 2021 15:26 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/5 20,046 55.48% +12,323 Loser:
PC
 7,723 21.37% Vaughan Minor

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 63,533 Votes: 41,683 Participation: 65.61% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
35		 Ontario
6 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 5486(F) — 2 Oct 2021 15:26 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
62
LIB
 2/5 11,787 28.67% -5,651 Winner:
NDP
 17,438 42.41% David Winninger
Eligible: 66,875 Votes: 41,380 Participation: 61.88% Candidacies: 8
Provincial
36		 Ontario
8 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 5340(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
67
LIB
 3/8 10,693 26.11% -7,468 Winner:
PC
 18,161 44.35% Robert Wood

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Elizabeth "Joan" Smith		 20 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Elizabeth "Joan" Smith		 20 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Elizabeth Joan Smith		 20 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Elizabeth Joan Smith		 20 Feb 2024

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