Harold Percy Smith

SMITH, HAROLD PERCY, farmer an: insurance broker; b. 25 March 1907 in Pownal, son of Captain Wallace Smith and Adelaide Jardine; m. 25 January 1933 Hazel MacEachern, and they had seven children, Winston, Donald, James, Ronald, Ian, David, and Marilyn; United; d. 28 September 1982 in Pownal. Smith, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in a by-election held 10 September 1953 for 4th Queens. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1955, 1959, 1962 and 1966. He was defeated in the general election of 1970. On 23 November 1966, Smith was appointed to the position of Deputy Speaker. During his political career, he supported the expansion of the road paving program to assist farmers in the marketing of farm produce and stressed the need or a stable market for farm products. Smith was born in Pownal JIK was a lifelong resident of the community. He attended the Pownal School and continued his education by taking agricultural courses throughout his life. As a farmer, Smith took a great interest in grain-growing, for which he won national prizes. He worked with his brother Edison in the shipping and poultry business, and for a time was employed as an insurance broker with Bus Peake and A. R. Maclnnis Ltd. In keeping with his agricultural interest, Smith served as the director of the Dundas Plowing Association and the secretary-treasurer of the Queens County Plowing Association. In his community he was a scoutmaster, and served in various positions in his home church, Pownal United, including the board of stewards and clerk of the session. Harold Smith died 28 September 1982 at his home in Pownal. Hazel Smith, the daughter of James MacEachern and Etna MacEachern, survives her husband.