Robert Knowlton Smith
Robert Knowlton Smith (28 December 1887 – 26 October 1973) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and became a barrister.
Robert Knowlton Smith | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Cumberland | |
| In office October 1925 – August 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Hance James Logan |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Judson Cochrane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Knowlton Smith 28 December 1887 Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| Died | 26 October 1973 (aged 85) Kitchener, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ida Lauretta Moss m. 7 June 1911[1] |
| Profession | barrister |
Smith studied at St. Francis Xavier University and the Dalhousie Law School where in 1911 he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree.[1]
He was mayor of Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1923, and served on that municipality's council for five years. In August 1925, he was designated a Crown Prosecutor for Cumberland County, but resigned that October to seek federal office.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Cumberland riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected there in 1926 and 1930.
On 16 January 1929, he was appointed King's Counsel through the Nova Scotia government.[1]
He died on 26 October 1973 and was interred at Parkview Cemetery in Waterloo.[2][3]
References
- Normandin, A.L. (1932). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- http://www.geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/87809?PHPSESSID=b3ebe61d50c24acc4f99940655aa3bcd
- "Obituaries", Kitchener Waterloo Record, Friday, 26 October 1973