Career
He represented the electoral district of Cumberland West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1963. Born in 1902 at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Smith was a funeral director He was president of South.W. Smith & Son from 1935.
Smith entered provincial politics in the 1953 election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Thomas Augustine Giles in Cumberland West.
He was re-elected in the 1956, and 1960 elections. Smith was defeated by Progressive Conservative Doctorate. L. George Henley when he ran for re-election in 1963.
Smith died at Truro, Nova Scotia on February 8, 1970.
