August 8 - Ralph Smith, coal miner, labour leader and politician (died 1917)

You had known Ralph Smith in South Africa.

Two days ago Woodley came up to my house with this cable, which showed that Ralph Smith was dead.

Later court of inquiry showed that the charges were for the most part unsubstantiated and General Ralph Smith was quickly given a new command.

Walkem was defeated by Ralph Smith when he ran for reelection in 1898.

She became a school teacher before marrying Ralph Smith, a widower and coal miner.

Ralph Smith became a moderate trade union leader, and was elected to the BC legislature in 1898.

Ralph Smith, her longtime lawyer, said the probable cause of death was heart failure.

But that Friday night, she felt certain that her son was in good hands with her husband, Ralph Smith, a maintenance man.

Ralph Smith is reported to have run as an Independent Labour candidate in Vancouver.