Todd Andrew Smith (born October 7, 1970) is a former Canadian politician and Ontario cabinet minister.

[3] On August 16, 2024, Smith announced that he was resigning from cabinet and as an MPP effective immediately to take up a private sector position with Candu Energy as Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development.

[14][15] While serving as an Opposition MPP in the Ontario Legislature, Smith spent time as his party's critic for the small businesses and red tape reduction, the Pan American and Parapan American Games, citizenship and immigration, the Hydro One Sale, natural resources and forestry, and energy.

[16] In 2018, Smith briefly considered running to succeed Patrick Brown as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.

[19] On November 2, 2018, Smith was appointed Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade while maintaining his role as Government House Leader.

This bill expanded access to financial assistance from the Ontario Soldiers’ Aid Commission to all veterans and their families regardless of where and when they served.

[29] In 2021, Smith introduced Ontario’s Vision for Social Assistance Transformation focussed on helping more people move towards employment and independence.

[33] Smith is familiar with this file having previously served as the Official Opposition’s energy critic from 2015 to 2018 before the election of the Doug Ford government.

[35] Smith also announced Canada’s first grid-scale small modular reactor,[36] the introduction of a new Green Button standard to provide more transparency for energy users[37] and provided direction to the Independent Electricity System Operator on future procurement of electricity to ensure resource adequacy.

On August 30, 2024, Candu Energy issued a statement that Smith would be joining as their Vice-President of Marketing and Business Development.