John S. Smiley

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

| name = John S. Smiley

| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|1|20}}

| birth_place = Milltown, New Brunswick

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|8|21|1885|1|20}}

| death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Cumberland

| term_start = 1933

| term_end = 1937

| predecessor = Archibald Terris
Daniel George McKenzie

| successor = Archie B. Smith

| party = Nova Scotia Liberal Party

| religion =

| occupation = lawyer

}}

John Stanley Smiley (January 20, 1885 – August 21, 1945) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/cumberland%20south.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cumberland County|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-05-10|archive-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823044406/http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/cumberland%20south.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Smiley was born in 1885 at Milltown, New Brunswick.{{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 was educated at Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University, and was a lawyer by career. He married Celia Ganong Kierstead in 1909. Smiley first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1928 election, but was defeated.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf|title=Summary Results from 1867 to 2011|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|page=44|accessdate=2015-05-10|archive-date=2013-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090711/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf|url-status=dead}} He ran again in 1933, and 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%201933.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1933|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|page=20|accessdate=2015-05-10}} In the 1937 election, Smiley was defeated by the two Conservative candidates, Black and Archie B. Smith.{{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=2015-05-10}} In 1938, Smiley was appointed a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Smiley died at Halifax on August 21, 1945.