Archie Barney Smith (July 1, 1896 – October 2, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He represented the

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in the

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from 1937 to 1945. He was a member of the

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Biography

Born in 1896 at Rodney,

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, 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

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, when he was elected in the dual-member Cumberland County riding with Conservative

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. 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 Kenneth Judson Cochrane (4 August 1896 – 25 January 1982) was a shipbuilder, lumber merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Cumberland in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1940 as a Liberal member and ...

winning the first. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in

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, 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Archie B 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