William Ross Smyth

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = William Ross Smyth

| image =

| imagesize = 180px

| riding1 = Algoma East

| parliament1 = Canadian

| term_start1 = 1908

| term_end1 = 1817

| predecessor1 = Albert Dyment

| successor1 = George Nicholson

| office2 = Ontario MPP

| term_start2 = 1902

| term_end2 = 1908

| predecessor2 = Riding re-established

| successor2 = Albert Grigg

| constituency2 = Algoma

| party = Conservative

| birth_date = {{birth date|1857|1|3}}

| birth_place = Thomroam, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1932|9|7|1857|1|3}}

| death_place =

| occupation = Businessman

| spouse = {{marriage |Nancy Burden|1879}}

| allegiance = Canadian

| branch = Canadian Expeditionary Force

| serviceyears = 1914-1918

| rank = Colonel

| unit = 238th Battalion

| commands =

| battles =

| mawards = Commander, Order of the British Empire

}}

William Ross Smyth {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE}} (January 3, 1857 – September 7, 1932) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Algoma in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1908 and Algoma East in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1917 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Thomroam, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Francis Smyth. In 1879, he married Nancy Burden. Smyth was a lumber merchant. He was also president of the Nancy Helen Mine. He led the 238th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=31097 |supp=y |page=83|date= 1 January 1919}}{{cite book|title=Who's Who: Men and Women of the Time|date=1926|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Whos-Who-Men-and-Women-of-the-Time-1926/722982/2738|accessdate=22 March 2016}}