Clifford Silas Smallwood (July 28, 1915 – November 14, 1979) was a farmer and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1968.
Federal politics
Smallwood first ran as a candidate for the
House of Commons of Canada
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in the
1957 federal election. He was defeated by incumbent Member of Parliament
James A. Smith. Parliament was dissolved a year later forcing the
1958 federal election. Smallwood and Smith ran against each other again and Smallwood defeated Smith in a landslide.
Smallwood ran for a second term in the
1962 federal election; he ran against Smith for the third time and defeated him once again in another landslide victory. The minority government fell on a confidence motion a year later forcing the dissolution of parliament and the
1963 federal election. Smallwood increased the size of his majority earning the largest win of his political career. He ran for his final term in office in the
1965 federal election winning another landslide. He retired in 1968 when his electoral district of
Battle River—Camrose was abolished.
Smallwood would contest the
Wainwright electoral district in the
1971 Alberta general election as a member of the
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta
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, and would be defeated by incumbent
Henry Ruste.
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1915 births
1979 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
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