Charles Rhodes Smith (March 20, 1896[1] – September 30, 1993[2]) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1952 as a Liberal-Progressive, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.
[1] Born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, the son of Richard Henry Smith and Marion Sarah Marshall, Smith was educated at the University of Manitoba and Oxford University, receiving M.A., LL.B.
Smith ran for re-election in Winnipeg Centre, and was elected[1] on the first count following a first-place finish.
CCF leader Lloyd Stinson once described Smith as "the only genuine liberal in the Campbell cabinet".
[2] In 1971, he began working on a comprehensive inquiry for the provincial government of Edward Schreyer, examining the legal and financial development of the Churchill Forest Industries in The Pas.
[2] Later in the decade, he chaired a separate inquiry into flooding policies and aboriginal rights in northern Manitoba.