Sam Wakim

Samuel Wakim
David Smith
Personal details
Born	(1937-02-13)13 February 1937 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	4 December 2022(2022-12-04) (aged 85) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative

Arthur Samuel Wakim (13 February 1937 – 4 December 2022) was a Canadian lawyer and Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. A member of the Queen's Counsel, he practised law in Toronto, Ontario.^[1]

Born in

in the same year. In Ontario, he was called to the bar in 1965.

He represented Ontario's

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In 2007, he represented Brian Mulroney in litigation with businessman Karlheinz Schreiber. He also represented the former Prime Minister in litigation with the journalist Peter C. Newman.^[3] Wakim died on 4 December 2022, aged 85.^[4][5]

Electoral record

Don Valley East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Smith	21,944	44.6	+4.8
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Wakim	21,119	43.0	-4.2
	New Democratic	Saul Paton	5,713	11.6	-0.7
	Libertarian	Gordon Keys	286	0.6	0.0
	Independent	Arthur V. Wright	98	0.2
Total valid votes			49,160	100.0

Don Valley East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Sam Wakim	25,352	47.2
	Liberal	Mike Smith	21,428	39.9
	New Democratic	Saul Paton	6,595	12.3
	Libertarian	Nick Moldovanyi	301	0.6
	Marxist–Leninist	Donna Gordon	56	0.1
Total valid votes			53,732	100.0

References

External links

• Sam Wakim – Parliament of Canada biography