Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1934, Mel Smith graduated from UBC with Commerce and Law degrees.
A key player in the patriation of the Constitution in 1981, Smith was also a leader in the "NO" campaign on the Charlottetown Accord.
After retiring from government in 1991, he spent his time as a consultant, commentator and columnist for BC Report, and lecturer at Trinity Western University.
[1] This Special Collection, housed in Trinity Western University's Archives, comprises a comprehensive set of professional and personal papers chronicling the events of the most crucial period of federal-provincial relations—1967 to 1992.
An endowment fund has been established to grant an annual scholarship to a TWU student of exceptional academic ability, majoring in Canadian History or Political Science.