Walter Robert Smith (7 May 1872 – 25 February 1942)[1] was a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) who represented Wellingborough and Norwich.
[2][3] Smith was president of the Norwich Union of Clickers and Roughstuff Cutters in 1893, and when that organisation was merged in the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives in 1894, Smith became the part-time president of the Norwich branch, a position he held until his election as national organiser in 1916.
He was member of Norwich City Council and honorary president of the National Union of Agricultural Workers from 1911 to 1923.
[3] He was chairman of the Labour Party in 1934, and the following year Smith was announced as a member of the newly created Herring Industry Board.
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