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Arnold Neilson Smith

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Arnold Neilson Smith
Member of Parliament
for Stormont
In office
September 1926 – May 1930
Preceded byCharles James Hamilton
Succeeded byFrank Thomas Shaver
Personal details
Born
Arnold Neilson Smith

(1889-06-08)8 June 1889
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Died24 July 1957(1957-07-24) (aged 68)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Jane Bates
m. 15 September 1914[1]
Professionshipowner

Arnold Neilson Smith (8 June 1889 – 24 July 1957) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Cornwall, Ontario and became a shipowner.

Smith attended public and secondary schools at Cornwall. He was president of the Cornwall Board of Trade and of Stuebing Lift Truck Systems Ltd. and became president and manager of Montreal and Cornwall Navigation Company. Smith served as a Life-Governor Cornwall General Hospital and was Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Stormont riding in the 1926 general election. After serving one term, Smith was defeated by Frank Thomas Shaver of the Conservatives in the 1930 federal election.

References

  1. ^ a b Normandin, A.L. (1929). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company.