Please answer the following question: Facts: - profession: auctioneer , public servant - party: progressive conservative - riding: churchill - death date: 24 april 1988 - term end: may 1979 may 1979 - birth date: 23 june 1927 - term start: july 1974 - name: cecil morris smith - birth place: treherne , manitoba Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of cecil smith -lrb- politician -rrb- .
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cecil morris smith -lrb- 23 june 1927 -- 24 april 1988 -rrb- was a progressive conservative party member of the canadian house of commons .he was born in treherne , manitoba and became an auctioneer and public servant by career .he was elected at the churchill riding in the 1974 general election and served one term in the 30th canadian parliament .smith was defeated at the riding by rodney murphy of the new democratic party in the 1979 federal election , and again in the 1980 election .