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Cecil Smith (politician)

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Cecil Morris Smith
Member of Parliament
for Churchill
In office
July 1974 – March 1979
Preceded byCharles Keith Taylor
Succeeded byRodney Murphy
Personal details
Born23 June 1927
Treherne, Manitoba, Canada
Died24 April 1988(1988-04-24) (aged 60)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Professionauctioneer, public servant

Cecil Morris Smith (23 June 1927 – 24 April 1988) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the House of Commons of Canada of the Progressive Conservative party. 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

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1979 Canadian federal election: Churchill
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
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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