Harold Smith (New Zealand politician)

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George Harold Smith (1866 – 21 April 1936) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Smith was born at Masterton in 1866,{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|p=310}} the son of Major J. Valentine Smith.{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|p=312}}

Smith unsuccessfully contested the Pahiatua electorate in the {{NZ election link|1899}} against the incumbent, John O'Meara, of the Liberal Party.{{cite web |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1900-I.2.3.2.54 |title=The General Election, 1899 |date=19 June 1900 |publisher=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives |page=1 |access-date=12 February 2014 |location=Wellington}}

He won the Pahiatua electorate in a 1916 by-election after the death of the previous MP, James Escott, and retired in 1919.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=139}}