Career
He represented Middlesex North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal. He was born in York County, Canada West, the son of James Sinclair Smith, a native of Scotland, and Agnes Wilson, and was educated at the Rockwood Academy and the Canadian Literary Institute in Woodstock, Ontario. Smith was a farmer and livestock breeder at Maple Lodge, Middlesex County.
Smith was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1911.
He died in Ailsa Craig at the age of 56.