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Archie Barney Smith (July 1, 1896 – October 2, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1937 to 1945. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.

Biography

Born in 1896 at Rodney, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Smith was a lumber dealer, farmer and contractor by career. He married Agnes Reid in 1919. Smith served as a municipal councillor in Cumberland County for 12 years.

Smith entered provincial politics in 1937, when he was elected in the dual-member Cumberland County riding with Conservative Percy Chapman Black. Following Black's resignation, Smith served with Conservative Leonard William Fraser. In the 1941 election, Smith finished 140 votes ahead of Fraser to win the second seat, with Liberal Kenneth Judson Cochrane winning the first. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1945, finishing third behind Cochrane and Liberal Martin J. Kaufman.

On September 26, 1951, Smith was involved in an automobile accident in Kemptown, Nova Scotia. He died as a result of his injuries at Truro on October 2.

References

1. ^ "Electoral History for Cumberland County" (PDF). Nova Scotia Legislative Library. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
2. ^ Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory. Public Archives of Nova Scotia. p. 200. ISBN 0-88871-050-X. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
3. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1937" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 25. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
4. "Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1941" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. p. 30. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
5. "Election Returns 1945" (PDF). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved 2015-05-09.

• 1896 births
• 1951 deaths
• Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
• People from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia municipal councillors
• 20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly