George Isaac Smith
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George Isaac Smith, M.B.E. (April 6, 1909 – December 19, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer who was recruited by Robert Stanfield to help rebuild the Progressive Conservatives in Nova Scotia. He was premier of Nova Scotia from 1967 to 1970.
Born in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Smith was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in 1949 and served in Stanfield's cabinet when the Tories formed government in 1956. When Stanfield moved to federal politics, Smith became Premier of Nova Scotia. Under his government the faltering Sydney Steel was nationalised. Smith argued in favour of regional equalization payments which transferred funds from rich provinces to poorer provinces like Nova Scotia.
Smith's government was defeated by the Liberals in 1970 and Smith resigned as party leader the next year. In 1975 he was summoned to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Colchester, Nova Scotia. A Progressive Conservative, he died in office in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1982.
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| Preceded by Robert Stanfield |
Premier of Nova Scotia 1967-1970 |
Succeeded by Gerald A. Regan |
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| Colonial: Uniacke | Young | Johnston | Young | Howe | Johnston | Tupper
Provincial: | Tupper | Blanchard | Annand | Hill | Holmes | Thompson | Pipes | Fielding | Murray | Armstrong | Rhodes | Harrington | Macdonald | MacMillan | Macdonald | Connolly | Hicks | Stanfield | Smith | Regan | Buchanan | Bacon | Cameron | Savage | MacLellan | Hamm | MacDonald |
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Categories: 1909 births | People from Colchester County, Nova Scotia | Canadians of Ulster-Scottish descent | Canadian lawyers | Members of the United Church of Canada | Nova Scotia MLAs | Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative MLAs | Nova Scotia premiers | Canadian senators from Nova Scotia | Members of the Order of the British Empire | 1982 deaths
