John S. Smiley | |
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MLA for Cumberland | |
In office 1933–1937 | |
Preceded by |
Archibald Terris Daniel George McKenzie |
Succeeded by | Archie B. Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | Milltown, New Brunswick | January 20, 1885
Died | August 21, 1945 Halifax, Nova Scotia | (aged 60)
Political party | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Occupation | lawyer |
John Stanley Smiley (January 20, 1885 – August 21, 1945) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Cumberland in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. [1]
Smiley was born in 1885 at Milltown, New Brunswick. [2] He was educated at Mount Allison University and Dalhousie University, and was a lawyer by career. [2] He married Celia Ganong Kierstead in 1909. [2] Smiley first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1928 election, but was defeated. [3] He ran again in 1933, and was elected in the dual-member Cumberland County riding with Conservative Percy Chapman Black. [4] In the 1937 election, Smiley was defeated by the two Conservative candidates, Black and Archie B. Smith. [5] In 1938, Smiley was appointed a judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. [2] Smiley died at Halifax on August 21, 1945. [2]