Back جون سميث (سياسي) Arabic جون سميث (محامى) ARZ John Smith (arweinydd y Blaid Lafur) Welsh John Smith (Politiker, 1938) German John Smith (Labour Party leader) English John Smith (político británico) Spanish جان اسمیت (رهبر حزب کارگر) Persian John Smith (poliitikko) Finnish John Smith (homme politique) French John Smith (ceannaire ar Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre, R.A.) Irish
John Smith | |||||||||||||||
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| Leader of the Opposition | |||||||||||||||
| In office 18 July 1992 – 12 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | John Major | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Neil Kinnock | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Margaret Beckett | ||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Labour Party | |||||||||||||||
| In office 18 July 1992 – 12 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Margaret Beckett | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Neil Kinnock | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Tony Blair | ||||||||||||||
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| Secretary of State for Trade | |||||||||||||||
| In office 11 November 1978 – 4 May 1979 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | James Callaghan | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Edmund Dell | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | John Nott | ||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for the Privy Council | |||||||||||||||
| In office 8 April 1976 – 11 November 1978 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | James Callaghan | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Crowther-Hunt | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Baroness Birk | ||||||||||||||
| Minister of State for Energy | |||||||||||||||
| In office 4 December 1975 – 8 April 1976 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | The Lord Balogh | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Dickson Mabon | ||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy | |||||||||||||||
| In office 18 October 1974 – 4 December 1975 | |||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gavin Strang | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | The Lord Lovell-Davis | ||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament for Monklands East | |||||||||||||||
| In office 18 June 1970 – 12 May 1994 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Margaret Herbison | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Helen Liddell | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1938 Dalmally, Argyll, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 May 1994 (aged 55) London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Reilig Odhráin, Iona, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Labour | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | |||||||||||||||
| Children | 3, including Sarah | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Dunoon Grammar School | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow | ||||||||||||||
John Smith QC (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a British politician who was the leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death from a heart attack.
John Smith was born in the Scottish town of Dalmally in Argyll and Bute.[1] He became a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) at the 1970 General Election for the constituency of North Lanarkshire (Monklands East from 1983). In 1978, he was given a cabinet post however lost this after Labour's defeat at the 1979 General Election. He continued in the shadow cabinet until 1992, when Labour leader Neil Kinnock resigned and Smith was elected leader. During Smith's time as leader, opinion polls showed that Labour were becoming more likely to win an election than the Conservatives.[2]
On 12 May 1994 in London, Smith died of a heart attack and was buried on the Scottish isle of Iona.[3] Tony Blair replaced Smith as Labour leader on 21 July 1994.
- ↑ "Our Records". ScotlandsPeople. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "1993: Recession over – it's official". BBC News. 26 April 1993. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ↑ "Rèilig Odhrain, the ancient cemetery on the edge of the world". Flickering Lamps. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2018.