Allison T. Smith

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1902–1970)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Allison T. Smith

| birth_name = Allison Thompson Smith

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|6|20}}

| birth_place = Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|2|8|1902|6|20}}

| death_place = Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

| office = MLA for Cumberland West

| term_start = 1953

| term_end = 1963

| predecessor = Thomas A. Giles

| successor = D. L. George Henley

| party = Nova Scotia Liberal Party

| religion =

| occupation = Funeral director

}}

Allison Thompson Smith (June 20, 1902 – February 8, 1970) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1953 to 1963. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/constituencies/pdfs/cumberland%20south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland South|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2018-05-06}}

Born in 1902 at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Smith was a funeral director.{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/200|accessdate=2018-05-06|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/200 200]}} He was president of S.W. Smith & Son from 1935. He married Mildred Wilson. Smith entered provincial politics in the 1953 election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Thomas Augustine Giles in Cumberland West.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201953.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1953|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1953|page=23|accessdate=2015-04-27}} He was re-elected in the 1956{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201956.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1956|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1956|page=24|accessdate=2015-04-27}} and 1960 elections.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1960|page=28|accessdate=2015-04-27}} Smith was defeated by Progressive Conservative D. L. George Henley when he ran for re-election in 1963.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1963|page=27|accessdate=2015-04-27}} Smith died at Truro, Nova Scotia, on February 8, 1970.