Given the question: Facts: - death place: orillia , ontario - successor: al mclean - party: progressive conservative - death date: 9 june 2005 - predecessor: lloyd letherby - office: ontario mpp - spouse: jean studiman - term end: 1981 - constituency: simcoe east - term start: 1967 - birth date: 5 november 1918 - name: gordon smith - children: 3 - birth place: south river , ontario Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gordon elsworth smith .
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gordon elsworth smith -lrb- november 5 , 1918 -- june 9 , 2005 -rrb- was a politician in ontario , canada .he was a progressive conservative member of the legislative assembly of ontario from 1967 to 1981 who represented the central ontario riding of simcoe east .