Bruce Atherton Smith (May 3, 1937 – November 24, 2006)[1] was a journalist and politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.
In 1959, Smith graduated from Radio and Television Arts program at the Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto, Ontario.
Smith entered provincial politics as a Liberal candidate and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 1987, 1991 and 1995.
After the 1995 election, he returned to his previous Supply & Services post until 1997 when he was again removed from cabinet during a shuffle.
Smith died on November 24, 2006, at the age of 69 due to complications from diabetes at the Carleton Memorial Hospital in Woodstock.