For the Member of Parliament for Stormont and Supreme Court Justice see Robert Smith (judge)
| Robert Smith | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Peel |
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| In office 1872–1878 |
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| Preceded by | John Hillyard Cameron |
| Succeeded by | William Elliott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 11, 1819 County Armagh, Ireland |
| Died | September 19, 1900 (aged 81) Brampton, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
Robert Smith (April 11, 1819 – September 19, 1900) was a Canadian politician and farmer.
Born in County Armagh, Ireland, Smith immigrated to British North America with his family in 1828[1] and settled in the Home District of Canada West, which was to become the County of Peel in Ontario, where he became a farmer. In 1847, he married Eliza Jane McCandless.[1] Smith served on the councils for Chinguacousy Township and Peel County.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1867.[1] Smith was narrowly elected to the 2nd Canadian Parliament in the 1872 federal election defeating the Conservative incumbent, John Hillyard Cameron, by 16 votes.[3] He sat as a Liberal representing the riding of Peel and was re-elected in the 1874 election that brought the Liberal Party to power but defeated in the 1878 election that returned a Conservative government.[4] Smith died in Brampton at the age of 81.[5]