John Smith

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John Smith was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition in the early 1990s until his sudden death in 1994.

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John Smith canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
myocardial infarction ⓘ
constituencyRepresented Monklands West ⓘ
North Lanarkshire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1938-09-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-05-12 ⓘ
educatedAt Glasgow University Union (student debating society) ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Smith ⓘ
fieldOfStudy law ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
honorificSuffix MP ⓘ
PC ⓘ
QC ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
memberOfPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
name John Smith ⓘ
notableWork modernisation of the Labour Party in the early 1990s ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation barrister ⓘ
politician ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Argyll and Bute ⓘ
Dalmally ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom ⓘ
positionHeld Leader of the Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Minister of State for Energy (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Minister of State for the Privy Council Office (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Secretary of State for Trade (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy ⓘ
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade ⓘ
Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ⓘ
precededBy Neil Kinnock as Leader of the Labour Party ⓘ
Neil Kinnock as Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
linked to: Neil Kinnock
religion Church of Scotland ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Smith, Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill ⓘ
succeededBy Tony Blair as Leader of the Labour Party ⓘ
Tony Blair as Leader of the Opposition ⓘ

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