Bud Smith (politician)

Stuart Douglas Boland "Bud" Smith (born May 14, 1946)[1] is a lawyer, businessman and former politician in British Columbia. He represented Kamloops in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a Social Credit member, serving alongside Claude Richmond in a dual-member district.

Bud Smith
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Kamloops
In office
October 22, 1986  October 17, 1991
Serving with Claude Richmond
Preceded byRafe Mair
Succeeded byArthur Charbonneau
Attorney General of British Columbia
In office
July 6, 1988  July 13, 1990
PremierBill Vander Zalm
Preceded byBrian Smith
Succeeded byRussell Fraser
Personal details
Born (1946-05-14) May 14, 1946
Kamloops, British Columbia
Political partySocial Credit
Professionlawyer

Smith was born in Kamloops, British Columbia,[2] the son of John Alan Ivan Smith Boland Smith and Anne Margaret Bain.[1][3] In 1970, he received his B.A. from the University of Victoria, and in 1974, he received his L.L.B. from the University of British Columbia.[4] In 1972, he married Daphne Marguerite Minnes.[1] He served in the provincial cabinet as Attorney General and as Minister of Regional Economic Development. Smith was a member of the board of directors for the Royal British Columbia Museum.[3] He ran for the leadership of the provincial Social Credit party in 1986.[5]

In 1990, Smith was forced to resign as attorney general after taped phone conversations were leaked to the press.[5]

References

  1. Flanagan, Kathryn M; Miller, Katherine J (Spring 1991). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. "Bud Smith". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  3. "Board of Directors". Royal BC Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  4. "Topic Experts". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  5. Carty, R Kenneth (1997). Politics, policy, and government in British Columbia. UBC Press. pp. 127, 146. ISBN 0-7748-0583-8. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
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