Arnold Neilson Smith

Who was Arnold Neilson Smith?

Arnold Neilson Smith was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Cornwall, Ontario and became a shipowner.

Smith attended public and secondary schools at Cornwall. He was president of the Cornwall Board of Trade and of Stuebing Lift Truck Systems Ltd. and became president and manager of Montreal and Cornwall Navigation Company. Smith served as a Life-Governor Cornwall General Hospital and was Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Stormont riding in the 1926 general election. After serving one term, Smith was defeated by Frank Thomas Shaver of the Conservatives in the 1930 federal election.