Truman Smith Baxter (November 24, 1867 – October 27, 1931) was the 16th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia.

He was born on a farm near Carlingford, Ontario, part of Fullertown Township in Perth County.

The paternal grandfather came from New York to Ontario at the time of the American Revolutionary War, being numbered among the United Empire Loyalists.

Hutchins at the corner of Main and Hastings Street, and renamed it Baxter and Wright.

Baxter faced not only a time of economic decline, but also the circumstances surrounding Canada's involvement with World War I.

At the outbreak of the war, city council voted a two per cent cut in pay of civil servants, but also formed a Charities and Relief Committee to look after those most in need.

He worked hard to carry the Canadian Northern Railway agreement to False creek, and was successful in that effort.