Alexander S. Smith

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1868–1916)}}

{{Other people|Alexander Smith}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

Alexander Smith Smith (August 24, 1868 — November 10, 1916{{cite web|url=https://www.isc.ca/VitalStatistics/Genealogy/vsgs_srch.aspx |title=Vital Statistics Genealogy Search Page |publisher=Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan |accessdate=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319102721/http://www.isc.ca/VitalStatistics/Genealogy/vsgs_srch.aspx |archivedate=2012-03-19 }}) was a hardware merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moosomin from 1898 to 1905 in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and then Moosomin in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1908 to 1916 as a Liberal.

He was born at sea off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, the son of A.S. Smith, a native of Scotland, and was educated in St. Marys, Ontario. Smith came to Moosomin, Saskatchewan, establishing a tinsmithing and hardware business. He served on the town council and was the town's second mayor.{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=2885075 |title=Moosomin Century One : Town and Country |pages=275–6 |author=Moosomin History Book Committee |year=1981 |accessdate=2012-03-17}} In 1892, Smith married Kate R. Ross. He was defeated by Daniel David Ellis when he ran for election to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1905.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |last=Chambers |first=Ernest J |year=1912}} Poor health later forced Smith to retire to Arizona for the winters.