William Smith (Canadian politician)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{other people||William Smith (disambiguation)}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Hon.

| name = William Smith

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| image = William Smith.png

| constituency_MP = Ontario South

| parliament = Canadian

| predecessor = Francis Wayland Glen

| successor = James Ironside Davidson

| term_start = 1887

| term_end = 1891

| predecessor2 = James Ironside Davidson

| successor2 = Leonard Burnett

| term_start2 = 1892

| term_end2 = 1896

| predecessor3 = Frederick Luther Fowke

| successor3 = Lawson Omar Clifford

| term_start3 = 1911

| term_end3 = 1921

| birth_date = {{birth date|1847|11|16}}

| birth_place = Columbus, Canada West

| death_date = {{death date and age|1931|1|22|1847|11|16}}

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| party = Conservative

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William Smith, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (November 16, 1847 – January 22, 1931) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Columbus, Canada West, the son of William Smith and Elizabeth Laing, Smith received his early education in the public schools of Columbus after which he continued his studies in Upper Canada College. An agriculturist, Smith was deputy reeve and afterwards reeve of the township of East Whitby. He was also trustee of Columbus School Board for twenty years. He was the Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1891, 1892–1896, and 1911–1921.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16195|2=William Smith|nolist=yes}}