He represented Moosomin from 1898 to 1905 in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and then Moosomin in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1908 to 1916 as a Liberal.
He was born at sea off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, the son of A.S. Smith, a native of Scotland, and was educated in St. Marys, Ontario.
[1] Smith came to Moosomin, Saskatchewan, establishing a tinsmithing and hardware business.
He was defeated by Daniel David Ellis when he ran for election to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1905.
[1] Poor health later forced Smith to retire to Arizona for the winters.