Allison T. Smith | |
Birth Name: | Allison Thompson Smith |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1902 |
Birth Place: | Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Death Place: | Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Office: | MLA for Cumberland West |
Term Start: | 1953 |
Term End: | 1963 |
Predecessor: | Thomas A. Giles |
Successor: | D. L. George Henley |
Party: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Occupation: | Funeral director |
Allison Thompson Smith (June 20, 1902 – February 8, 1970) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1963. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Born in 1902 at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Smith was a funeral director.[2] He was president of S.W. Smith & Son from 1935.[2] He married Mildred Wilson.[2] Smith entered provincial politics in the 1953 election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Thomas Augustine Giles in Cumberland West.[3] He was re-elected in the 1956[4] and 1960 elections.[5] Smith was defeated by Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley when he ran for re-election in 1963.[6] Smith died at Truro, Nova Scotia, on February 8, 1970.[2]