Thomas Barlow Smith
Canadian politician
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| Intro | Canadian politician | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 28 October 1839, Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada | |
| Death | 22 July 1933Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada (aged 93 years) | |
| Politics: | Liberal-Conservative Party |
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Biography
Thomas Barlow Smith (October 28, 1839 – July 22, 1933) was a merchant, ship builder, author and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1874, from 1878 to 1882 and from 1890 to 1894 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Bennett Smith and Rachel Harris. In 1864, Smith married Azubah Scott. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1874 by-election but defeated in the general election that followed later that same year. He died in 1933.
Publications
- Young Lion of the Woods, A Story of Early Colonial Days (1889) also available at http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=15222
- Backward glances (1898)
- A seraph on the sea, or, The career of a Highland drummer boy (1891)