Henry Teesdale Smith (22 December 1858 – 25 February 1921) was an Australian businessman and politician who was prominent at various times as a timber merchant, railway builder, and pastoralist.
The following year, he became manager of an Albany timber firm, which he eventually expanded into a "sawmilling empire with leases and concessions along the length of the Darling Range".
Outside of the timber industry, he had acquired a number of pastoral leases in Western Australia, including properties near Northam, Mount Barker, Harvey, and Wokalup.
[2] In 1914, the federal government granted Smith the right to build a small section of the Trans-Australian Railway, running west from Port Augusta.
In 1918, the state government of New South Wales contracted Smith to build a wheat silo and grain elevator at White Bay.