John Roxburgh Smith








































The Reverend


John Roxburgh Smith

Ontario MPP

In office
1967–1977
Preceded by New riding
Succeeded by Brian Charlton
Constituency Hamilton Mountain

Personal details
Born
(1936-11-10)November 10, 1936
London, Ontario
Died December 6, 2018(2018-12-06) (aged 82)
Hamilton, Ontario
Political party Progressive Conservative
Occupation Anglican presbyter

John Roxburgh Smith (November 10, 1936 – December 6, 2018), listed in some directories as John Roxborough Smith, was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Hamilton Mountain in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1977 as a Progressive Conservative member.




Contents






  • 1 Politics


  • 2 Later life


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Politics


Smith was born in London, Ontario in 1939.[1] He was an alderman for Hamilton, Ontario City Council in the early 1960s.


In the 1967 provincial election, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the new riding of Hamilton Mountain. He defeated NDP candidate John Dowling by 1,085 votes.[2] He was re-elected in 1971 and 1975.[3][4] In the 1977 he was defeated by NDP challenger Brian Charlton by 308 votes.[5]


In October 1975, he was appointed as Minister of Correctional Services.[6] In February 1977 he was appointed as Minister of Government Services but served only four months when he was defeated by Charlton in June, 1977.[7]



Later life


As of 2015, Smith was a minister and archdeacon at St. George's Church in Hamilton.[8] He died in 2018 at the age of 82 in Hamilton, Ontario.[9]



References





  1. ^ Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P. G. Normandin. 1976. p. 791..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Canadian Press (October 18, 1967). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2.


  3. ^ "Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election". The Globe and Mail. October 23, 1971. p. 10.


  4. ^ "Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings". The Globe and Mail. September 19, 1975. p. C12.


  5. ^ "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1977. p. D9.


  6. ^ "Heavy on the brass". The Globe and Mail. October 8, 1975. p. 7.


  7. ^ Allen, David (February 3, 1977). "Davis names Timbrell new health minister". The Toronto Star. p. 1.


  8. ^ "Contacts". St. George's Church.


  9. ^ "John Roxburgh Smith". Toronto Star.




External links


  • Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history




















Ontario Provincial Government of Bill Davis
Cabinet posts (2)
Predecessor
 Office
 Successor

Margaret Scrivener
Minister of Government Services
1977 (February–June)
James Auld

Richard Potter
Minister of Correctional Services
1975–1977
Arthur Meen



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