Arthur LeRoy Smith

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Arthur LeRoy Smith Sr. (born: February 13, 1886 Regina, Northwest Territories - died: December 17, 1951 ) was a barrister, inventor and a Canadian federal politician.

Smith first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the 1921 federal election in the East Calgary riding, he was defeated by William Irvine. He would not make another attempt at winning a seat for almost 25 years.

Smith filed a patent on an Air Heating System with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on September 29, 1936. ^[1]

Smith would make a second attempt at federal politics. This time he ran in the Calgary West riding in the 1945 federal election defeating 4 other candidates to win his first term in office. He would run for re-election in the 1949 federal election winning his second term by a comfortable margin. Smith would be forced to resign his seat on July 5, 1951 due to health complications. He died 5 months later on December 17, 1951.

Smiths son Arthur Ryan Smith also served as a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.^[2]

[edit] References

^ CIPO - Patent 360779. Canadian Intellectual Property Office. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
^ Arthur R. Smith fonds. University of Calgary. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.