Thomas Stuart Traill Smellie
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Thomas Stuart Traill Smellie (February 13, 1849 – ) was an Ontario physician, merchant and political figure. He represented Fort William in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1911 as a Conservative member.
Smellie was born in Fergus, Canada West, the son of Reverend George Smellie, and studied at the University of Toronto and McGill University. He came to Prince Arthur's Landing (later Port Arthur) in 1879. He settled in Fort William, where he became Medical Officer of Health, in 1891. Smellie also published the Daily Times-Journal. He married Janet Eleanor Lawrie. With his brother, A.G.P. Smellie, he owned a number of stores and creameries in the Russell, Manitoba area.
His daughter Elizabeth was chief superintendent for the Victorian Order of Nurses and served as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps during World War II.
[edit] References
- Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1910, EJ Chambers
[edit] External links
- Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Thunder Bay Historical Society : fifth annual report : papers of 1914
- Manitoba Municipal Heritage Site No. 137
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