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Arthur LeRoy Smith Sr. (February 13, 1886 – December 17, 1951) was a barrister, inventor and a Canadian federal politician. He was born in Regina, Northwest Territories. Smith first ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the 1921 federal election in the East Calgary riding, he was defeated by William Irvine. He would not make another attempt at winning a seat for almost 25 years. Smith filed a patent on an Air Heating System with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office on September 29, 1936.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 CIPO - Patent 360779 )〕 He also defended Premier of Alberta John Edward Brownlee in ''MacMillan v. Brownlee''. Smith would make a second attempt at federal politics. This time he ran in the Calgary West riding in the 1945 federal election defeating 4 other candidates to win his first term in office. He would run for re-election in the 1949 federal election winning his second term by a comfortable margin. Smith would be forced to resign his seat on July 5, 1951 due to health complications. He died 5 months later on December 17, 1951. Smith's son Arthur Ryan Smith also served as a Member of Parliament and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Arthur R. Smith fonds ) 〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur LeRoy Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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