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- William_Smithe abstract "William Smithe (Matfen June 30, 1842 – March 28, 1887 Victoria, British Columbia) was a British Columbia politician. Smithe was born William Smith in England and moved to Canada in his youth, settling on Vancouver Island in 1862 as a farmer. In 1871, he ran in BC's first election and won a seat in the new provincial legislature. There he added the final \"e\" to his name, probably to distinguish himself as clearly as possible from the colourful figure of Amor De Cosmos. De Cosmos, also then a member of the legislature, had likewise been born as \"William Smith,\" but in a characteristically grand gesture had legally adopted instead a new name meaning \"Love of the Universe.\" By 1875 Smithe had become the informal leader of the opposition to Premier George Anthony Walkem's government, but yielded the leadership to Andrew Charles Elliott. Smithe was in Elliott's short lived cabinet from 1876 to 1878 before returning to the opposition benches and again became opposition leader.In 1883, Smithe became the seventh Premier of British Columbia and initiated the Great Potlatch era in which governments made generous grants of public resources and land to private entrepreneurs. He also settled disputes with the federal government which had stalled the construction of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway. Asked on one occasion whether he thought British Columbia should be annexed to the United States, he suggested instead that Washington and Oregon be annexed to British Columbia. Smithe remained premier until he died in office in 1887.".
- William_Smithe activeYearsEndDate "1887-03-28".
- William_Smithe activeYearsStartDate "1871-10-16".
- William_Smithe activeYearsStartDate "1883-01-29".
- William_Smithe associate Edwin_Pimbury.
- William_Smithe associate Henry_Croft.
- William_Smithe associate John_Paton_Booth.
- William_Smithe birthDate "1842-06-30".
- William_Smithe birthPlace England.
- William_Smithe birthPlace Matfen.
- William_Smithe deathDate "1887-03-28".
- William_Smithe deathPlace British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe deathPlace Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe monarch Queen_Victoria.
- William_Smithe office "MLAforCowichan".
- William_Smithe orderInOffice "7thPremier of British Columbia".
- William_Smithe successor Alexander_Edmund_Batson_Davie.
- William_Smithe successor Henry_Fry_(politician).
- William_Smithe thumbnail Smithe.jpg?width=300.
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- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Edmund_Batson_Davie.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Amor_De_Cosmos.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Andrew_Charles_Elliott.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Cabinet_(government).
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Pacific_Railway.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Category:1842_births.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Category:1887_deaths.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_emigrants_to_pre-Confederation_Canada.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Category:Independent_MLAs_in_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Category:Premiers_of_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Clement_Francis_Cornwall.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Cowichan_(electoral_district).
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Edwin_Pimbury.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink England.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Entrepreneurship.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Farmer.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink George_Anthony_Walkem.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Croft.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Fry_(politician).
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Hugh_Nelson_(Canadian_politician).
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink John_Paton_Booth.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Leader_of_the_Opposition_(British_Columbia).
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Legislature.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink List_of_premiers_of_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Matfen.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Opposition_(parliamentary).
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Premier.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Premier_of_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Victoria.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Beaven.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver_Island.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLink Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLinkText "Smithe".
- William_Smithe wikiPageWikiLinkText "William Smithe".
- William_Smithe alongside Edwin_Pimbury.
- William_Smithe alongside Henry_Croft.
- William_Smithe alongside John_Paton_Booth.
- William_Smithe birthDate "1842-06-30".
- William_Smithe birthPlace England.
- William_Smithe birthPlace Matfen.
- William_Smithe caption "Hon. William Smithe".
- William_Smithe deathDate "1887-03-28".
- William_Smithe deathPlace British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe deathPlace Victoria,_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe lieutenantGovernor Clement_Francis_Cornwall.
- William_Smithe lieutenantGovernor Hugh_Nelson_(Canadian_politician).
- William_Smithe monarch Queen_Victoria.
- William_Smithe name "William Smithe".
- William_Smithe office "MLA for Cowichan".
- William_Smithe order "7".
- William_Smithe party "None".
- William_Smithe predecessor Robert_Beaven.
- William_Smithe predecessor "first member".
- William_Smithe successor Alexander_Edmund_Batson_Davie.
- William_Smithe successor Henry_Fry_(politician).
- William_Smithe termEnd "1887-03-28".
- William_Smithe termStart "1871-10-16".
- William_Smithe termStart "1883-01-29".
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- William_Smithe subject Category:1842_births.
- William_Smithe subject Category:1887_deaths.
- William_Smithe subject Category:English_emigrants_to_pre-Confederation_Canada.
- William_Smithe subject Category:Independent_MLAs_in_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe subject Category:Premiers_of_British_Columbia.
- William_Smithe hypernym Politician.
- William_Smithe type Agent.
- William_Smithe type Person.
- William_Smithe type Politician.
- William_Smithe type President.