Cecil Smith (politician)
Cecil Morris Smith | |
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Member of Parliament for Churchill | |
In office July 1974 – March 1979 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 June 1927 Treherne, Manitoba, Canada |
Died | 24 April 1988 | (aged 60)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Profession | auctioneer, public servant |
Cecil Morris Smith (23 June 1927 – 24 April 1988) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Treherne, Manitoba and became an auctioneer and public servant by career.
He was elected at the Churchill riding in the 1974 general election and served one term in the 30th Canadian Parliament. Smith was defeated at the riding by Rodney Murphy of the New Democratic Party in the 1979 federal election, and again in the 1980 election.
Electoral history[]
1979 Canadian federal election: Churchill—Keewatinook Aski | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Rod Murphy | 12,544 | 51.7 | +21.0 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Cecil Smith | 7,802 | 32.1 | -8.8 | ||||
Liberal | Andrew Kirkness | 3,936 | 16.2 | -10.1 | ||||
Total valid votes | 24,282 | 100.0 |
1974 Canadian federal election: Churchill—Keewatinook Aski | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Cecil Smith | 11,225 | 40.9 | +6.4 | ||||
New Democratic | Dan Reagan | 8,415 | 30.7 | -2.4 | ||||
Liberal | Jean René Allard | 7,212 | 26.3 | -4.9 | ||||
Social Credit | Ed Heinrichs | 577 | 2.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 27,429 | 100.0 |
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- 1927 births
- 1988 deaths
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- People from Central Plains Region, Manitoba
- Canadian auctioneers
- Manitoba politician stubs