Nelson Stuart Smith | |
Birth Date: | April 19, 1888 |
Birth Place: | Minto, Manitoba[1] |
Death Place: | Claresholm, Alberta[2] |
Term Start: | 1921 |
Term End: | 1930 |
Predecessor: | Duncan Marshall |
Successor: | Frank Grisdale |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Olds |
Nelson Stuart Smith (1888-1941) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the Olds electoral district from 1921 to 1930. He sat with the United Farmers of Alberta caucus.
Smith ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the 1921 Alberta general election. He defeated incumbent Liberal Agriculture Minister Duncan Marshall to win his first term in the Legislature.[3] He won the district taking 60% of the popular vote. He sat in the backbenches for the governing United Farmers caucus.
Smith ran for re-election in the 1926 Alberta general election. He defeated Liberal candidate Norman Cook and Conservative L.H. Walkley in a three-way race, largely holding his percentage of vote from the previous election.[4]
Smith retired from the Legislature in 1930.