Background
Smith was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Reynolds Smith and Mary Gavin, and was educated at Saint Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University.
Smith was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, the son of Charles Reynolds Smith and Mary Gavin, and was educated at Saint Francis Xavier University and Dalhousie University.
He represented Yorkton from 1934 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He opened a law practice in Regina in 1914, later moving to Yorkton. In 1915, Smith married Rita Fitzgerald.
Smith was defeated by Alan Carl Stewart when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1938.
In 1944, Smith was named a district court judge, serving first in Kerrobert, then Saskatoon. He died in Vancouver, British Columbia at the age of 69.
His great-granddaughter is television personality Amanda Language.
He was a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus, founding the Yorkton Council and serving as its first Grand Knight.