Researching George Smitherman
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 228 people with the Smitherman surname? In that year Smitherman was ranked number 3351 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Smitherman on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Smitherman and the Smitherman Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 286 people with the Smitherman surname in the UK? Smitherman is now ranked number 3773 for popularity in the UK. |
Smitherman Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Smitherman surname in the USA? Smitherman is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Smitherman Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on George Smitherman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Smitherman
George Smitherman
George Smitherman (born February 12, 1964) is a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election. Smitherman is the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) elected in Ontario, and the province's first openly gay cabinet minister. In January 2011, he joined talk radio station CFRB as a contributor and fill-in host on the Live Drive with John Tory show.
Smitherman was a candidate in the 2018 municipal election running for Toronto City Council in Ward 13 Toronto Centre which included much of the provincial riding he represented as an MPP. He received 15% of the vote, failing to unseat incumbent Kristyn Wong-Tam who received 50%.
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