# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-r-smallwood
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:24:12.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-r-smallwood"
name: "William R. Smallwood"
slug: "william-r-smallwood"
description: "William Richard Smallwood was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Green Bay in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1956 to 1971. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He was born in Corner Brook in 1928, the son of Newfoundland Premier and Canadian Father of Confederation, Joey Smallwood, and his wife Clara Oates. He was their second child and had an older brother, Ramsay and younger sister, Clara. He attended the Curtis Academy, Memorial University, and Dalhousie University, earning an LL.B. degree. He was a lawyer in St. John's."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1928-2001)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1928-09-30"
deathDate: "2001-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.37
  momentum:             4.624329159212881
  historical:           1.538517333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  49
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Smallwood"
    title: "William R. Smallwood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20006921"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations