Thomas Barlow Smith was a merchant, ship builder, author and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 in 1874, from 1878 to 1882 and from 1890 to 1894 as a Liberal-Conservative member.

He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...

, the son of Bennett Smith

Bennett Smith

Bennett Smith was a ship builder and ship owner in Nova Scotia, Canada. Smith briefly served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Hants County in 1858 and 1859 as a Liberal member....

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.

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)

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