Stephen John Smith (1887 – 3 November 1948) was a New Zealand public administrator.

Born in 1887,[1] Smith entered the New Zealand civil service as a young man.

During World War I he was part of the New Zealand-led occupation of Western Samoa, where he rose to the position of secretary to the military governor.

[3] He was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935,[4] and was appointed as Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands in 1937.

However, the following year he was replaced by his predecessor Hugh Fraser Ayson and returned to New Zealand.