John S. Smiley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: St. Stephen, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada
About John S. Smiley
- John Stanley Smiley (January 20, 1885 – August 21, 1945) was a Canadian politician.
- He represented the electoral district of Cumberland in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937.
- He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.Smiley was born in 1885 at Milltown, New Brunswick.
- He was educated at Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University, and was a lawyer by career.
- He married Celia Ganong Kierstead in 1909.
- Smiley first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1928 election, but was defeated.
- He ran again in 1933, and was elected in the dual-member Cumberland County riding with Conservative Percy Chapman Black.
- In the 1937 election, Smiley was defeated by the two Conservative candidates, Black and Archie B.
- Smith.
- In 1938, Smiley was appointed a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
- Smiley died at Halifax on August 21, 1945.
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