John James Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Storthoaks, Saskatchewan, Canada
About John James Smith
- John James "J.J." Smith (9 May 1912 – 23 June 1987) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- Born in Storthoaks, Saskatchewan, Canada, he was educated at Fertile, Saskatchewan and became a farmer by career.Smith became reeve of Storthoaks No.
- 31, Saskatchewan, the youngest person in Saskatchewan at that time to hold a municipal leadership.He was first elected to Parliament at the Moose Mountain riding in the 1949 general election.
- After serving his only federal term, the 21st Canadian Parliament, Smith was defeated in the 1953 election by Edward McCullough of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
- Smith was unsuccessful at winning the Moose Mountain riding in 1957 and 1958. J.J.
- Smith died on 23 June 1987 at Winnipeg.
- He had resided in Burnaby, British Columbia at the time of his death.
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