Arthur LeRoy Smith
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Arthur LeRoy Smith Sr. (February 13, 1886 – December 17, 1951) was a barrister, inventor and a Canadian federal politician. He was born in Regina, Northwest Territories.
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] He also defended Premier of Alberta John Edward Brownlee in MacMillan v. Brownlee.[2]
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.
Smith's son Arthur Ryan Smith also served as a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.[3]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament Calgary West 1945-1951 |
Succeeded by Carl Olof Nickle |
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