Raymond "Ray" A. Kingsmith (? - May 1988) was a politician and professional curler from Alberta, Canada.
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Kingsmith ran for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1971 Alberta general election. He decided to take on incumbent Bill Dickie who had crossed the floor two years earlier from the Liberals to the Progressive Conservatives. Dickie won re-election easily, Kingsmith finished second out of the three fielded candidates taking 35% of the vote.[1]
Kingsmith was inducted in 1983 to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame under the curling category.[2] He was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1986 under the builders category.[3] He was president of the Canadian Curling Association from 1983 to 1984.
The Kingsmith Memorial Golf Tournament is named in his honour and held annually to raise money for a scholarship in his name.[2]