Harvey Smith (politician)
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Harvey Smith (born November 6, 1936) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was born in British Columbia and first became involved in politics at age twelve, joining that province's Social Credit Party when it was still a fringe organization.
He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History, and worked as a teacher in Birtle, Manitoba. He sought the Progressive Conservative nomination for a February 1969 provincial by-election in Birtle-Russell, but lost to Harry Graham.[1] He later became involved with the New Democratic Party (NDP). He was elected to the Winnipeg City Council in 1980 for the division of Sargeant Park, and retained the seat until 1986.
In the provincial election of 1986, Smith was elected in the Winnipeg riding of Ellice, defeating Progressive Conservative Seech Gajadharsingh by over 2,000 votes. He was not appointed to the cabinet of Howard Pawley, and lost to Liberal Avis Gray by 724 votes in the 1988 election.
In 1998, Smith came out of political retirement to run for the Winnipeg City Council again, representing the Daniel McIntyre Ward on the city council. Despite being the incumbent candidate, Smith lost the endorsement of the NDP going into the 2010 civic election in favour of Pat Martin's constituency assistant Keith Bellamy.[2] Smith decided to contest this decision and ran as an independent in the 2010 Winnipeg civic election.[3] On October 27, 2010, Smith successfully won a narrow victory over four other candidates.[4]
Smith has been a prominent defender of public safety programs, calling for safer roads and more police foot patrols. He is also known as a supporter of the arts. In 2002, he was re-elected over Maureen Pendergast by almost 3000 votes. He filled out the NDP nomination forms for a provincial by-election in the riding of Minto in 2004, but soon withdrew from the race.
[edit] References
- [1] Smith loses support of NDP from www.winnipegfreepress.com
- [2] Smith cancels retirement, itching for a fight from www.winnipegfreepress.com
- [3] Harvey Smith wins in Daniel McIntyre from www.winnipegfreepress.com
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 1969, pp. 1, 10. Smith was eliminated on the first ballot; Graham defeated Todd Dupont on the second.
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 31 May 2010.
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 21 June 2010.
- ^ Harvey-Smith-wins-in-Daniel-McIntyre-105924193.html] and successfully held his seat as councellor for the Daniel McIntyre Ward.
[edit] External links
- [4] Harvey Smith - Winnipeg City Councillor for Daniel McIntyre
- [5] Harvey Smith Civic Election 2010 Official Site
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