Clifford Smallwood

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Clifford Silas Smallwood (July 28, 1915 - November 14, 1979) was a farmer and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1958 to 1968.

[edit] Federal politics

Smallwood first ran as a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 federal election. He was defeated by incumbent Member of Parliament James A. Smith. Parliament would be dissolved a year later forcing the 1958 federal election. Smallwood and Smith would run against each other this time with the results reversed. Smith would be defeated in a landslide and loose his seat.

Smallwood ran for a second term in the 1962 federal election, he would run against Smith for the third time and defeat him with another landslide majority. The minority government would fall on a confidence motion a year later forcing the dissolution of parliament and the 1963 federal election. Smith increased the size of his majority earning the largest win of his political career. He would run for his final term in office in the 1965 federal election winning another landslide. He would retire in 1968 when his electoral district of Battle River—Camrose was abolished.