Robert Knowlton Smith

Robert Knowlton Smith
Member of Parliament for Cumberland
In office October 1925 – August 1935
Preceded by	Hance James Logan
Succeeded by	Kenneth Judson Cochrane
Personal details
Born	Robert Knowlton Smith (1887-12-28)28 December 1887 Amherst, Nova Scotia
Died	26 October 1973(1973-10-26) (aged 85) Kitchener, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Ida Lauretta Moss m. 7 June 1911[1]
Relations	Brother Vincent Reynolds Smith
Profession	Barrister

Robert Knowlton Smith (28 December 1887 – 26 October 1973) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and became a barrister.

Smith studied at St. Francis Xavier University and the Dalhousie Law School where in 1911 he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree.[1]

He was mayor of Amherst, Nova Scotia in 1923, and served on that municipality's council for five years. In August 1925, he was designated a Crown Prosecutor for Cumberland County, but resigned that October to seek federal office.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Cumberland riding in the 1925 general election, then re-elected there in 1926 and 1930.^[citation needed]

On 16 January 1929, he was appointed King's Counsel through the Nova Scotia government.[1]

Smith died on 26 October 1973 and was interred at Parkview Cemetery in Waterloo, Ontario.[2][3]

References

1. Normandin, A.L. (1932). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
2. "ON: Parkview Cemetery (Robert K SMITH), CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project".
3. "Obituaries", Kitchener Waterloo Record, Friday, 26 October 1973

External links

• Robert Knowlton Smith – Parliament of Canada biography