Archie B. Smith
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = Archie B. Smith
| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|7|1}}
| birth_place = Rodney, Nova Scotia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|10|2|1896|7|1}}
| death_place = Truro, Nova Scotia
| office = MLA for Cumberland County
| term_start = 1937
| term_end = 1945
| predecessor = John S. Smiley
| successor = Martin J. Kaufman
| party = Progressive Conservative
| religion =
| occupation = lumber dealer, farmer
}}
Archie Barney Smith (July 1, 1896 – October 2, 1951) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1937 to 1945. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/cumberland%20north.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland County|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-05-09}}
Biography
Born in 1896 at Rodney, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Smith was a lumber dealer, farmer and contractor by career.{{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=2018-05-15|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/200 200]}} He married Agnes Reid in 1919. Smith served as a municipal councillor in Cumberland County for 12 years.
Smith entered provincial politics in 1937, when he was elected in the dual-member Cumberland County riding with Conservative Percy Chapman Black.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201937.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1937|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|page=25|accessdate=2015-05-09}} Following Black's resignation, Smith served with Conservative Leonard William Fraser. In the 1941 election, Smith finished 140 votes ahead of Fraser to win the second seat, with Liberal Kenneth Judson Cochrane winning the first.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201941.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1941|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|page=30|accessdate=2015-05-09}} He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1945, finishing third behind Cochrane and Liberal Martin J. Kaufman.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201945.pdf|title=Election Returns 1945|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|accessdate=2015-05-09}}
On September 26, 1951, Smith was involved in an automobile accident in Kemptown, Nova Scotia. He died as a result of his injuries at Truro on October 2.