Captain Arthur Ryan Smith Jr. OC AOE DFC (May 16, 1919 – June 30, 2008) was a Canadian oilfield worker, bomber pilot, executive business man, philanthropist, magazine editor, advertising executive and politician on the municipal, provincial and federal levels of government.
[1] At the outbreak of World War II Smith enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and became a pilot.
[1] Smith and Ron Butlin co-hosted a weekly sports radio show during the 1950s on CFAC.
[3] Smith was elected to Calgary city council in 1953 and served there until 1955 when he decided to run for a seat in the provincial legislature.
[2] Smith ran as a candidate in the Calgary provincial electoral district in the 1955 Alberta general election.
In 1961 he and Milt Harradence used their political influence with Prime John Diefenbaker to make Lynn Garrison's Lancaster Memorial Fund a success.
He served as an executive on numerous companies, sat on public boards, and volunteered in youth sports programs.