Sidney Earle Smith

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Sidney Earle Smith

Sidney Earle Smith , PC (born March 9, 1897 in Port Hood, Nova Scotia , † March 17, 1959 in Ottawa , Ontario ) was a Canadian politician .

biography

Smith served during the First World War as a soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Flying Corps in France . In 1934, at the age of 37, he became President of the University of Manitoba , making it the youngest rector of a Canadian university.

He also began a national political career: as early as 1942 he was nominated for the office of chairman of the newly formed Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PCPC) , but renounced this office in favor of John Bracken , the Prime Minister of Manitoba .

In 1945 he became President of the University of Toronto . He ended his academic career in September 1957 after he was appointed Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker . On November 4, 1957, he was also representing the constituency of Hastings-Frontenac, Ontario in the election for members of the lower house elected and in the general election re-elected in May 1958th As foreign minister in August 1958, he also headed the Canadian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly on the crisis in the Middle East .

After his death, Prime Minister Diefenbaker took over the post of foreign minister on a temporary basis.

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SURNAME Smith, Sidney Earle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Hood , Nova Scotia
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1959
Place of death Ottawa , Ontario