Raymond A. "Ray" Kingsmith (c. 1928 – May 3, 1988) was a politician and curler from

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Politics

Kingsmith ran for a seat in the

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in the

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for the Social Credit Party. He decided to take on incumbent Bill Dickie in

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who had crossed the floor two years earlier from the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives. Dickie won re-election easily, Kingsmith finished second out of the three fielded candidates taking 35% of the vote.

Curling

Kingsmith was inducted in 1983 to the

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under the

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category. He was inducted into the

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in 1986 and 1994 under the builder category. He was president of the

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from 1983 to 1984. He died of cancer at a hospital in Calgary in 1988. Kingsmith was posthumously awarded the World Curling Freytag Award in 2011, and was inducted into the

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the next year. The Kingsmith Memorial Golf Tournament is named in his honour and held annually to raise money for a scholarship in his name.

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Ray Kingsmith AwardRaymond A. "Ray" Kingsmith at the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame
Canadian sportsperson-politicians Curlers from Alberta Alberta Social Credit Party candidates in Alberta provincial elections Year of birth unknown 1988 deaths Year of birth uncertain Canadian male curlers Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductees Curling Canada presidents {{Alberta-politician-stub