Albert James Smith
Canadian politician
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific-prefix | The Honourable |
| name | Sir Albert James Smith |
| honorific-suffix | |
| image | Albert James Smith.jpg |
| caption | Hon. Sir Albert James Smith, April 1868 |
| office | Attorney General of Canada (Acting) |
| predecessor | Antoine-Aimé Dorion |
| successor | Télesphore Fournier |
| term_start | June 1, 1874 |
| term_end | July 7, 1874 |
| office1 | Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick |
| predecessor1 | Samuel Leonard Tilley |
| successor1 | Peter Mitchell |
| term_start1 | September 21, 1865 |
| term_end1 | April 14, 1866 |
| constituency_MP2 | Westmorland |
| parliament2 | Canadian |
| successor2 | Josiah Wood |
| term_start2 | 1867 |
| term_end2 | 1882 |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Shediac, New Brunswick |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Dorchester, New Brunswick |
| restingplace | Dorchester Rural Cemetery |
| spouse | |
| party | Liberal |
| children | one son (d. 30 June 1883) |
| :: |
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable | name = Sir Albert James Smith | honorific-suffix = | image = Albert James Smith.jpg | caption = Hon. Sir Albert James Smith, April 1868 | office = Attorney General of Canada (Acting) | predecessor = Antoine-Aimé Dorion | successor = Télesphore Fournier | term_start = June 1, 1874 | term_end = July 7, 1874 | office1 = Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick | predecessor1 = Samuel Leonard Tilley | successor1 = Peter Mitchell | term_start1 = September 21, 1865 | term_end1 = April 14, 1866 | constituency_MP2 = Westmorland | parliament2 = Canadian | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Josiah Wood | term_start2 = 1867 | term_end2 = 1882 | birth_date = | birth_place = Shediac, New Brunswick | death_date = | death_place = Dorchester, New Brunswick | restingplace = Dorchester Rural Cemetery | nationality = | spouse = | party = Liberal | relations = | children = one son (d. 30 June 1883) | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession =
Sir Albert James Smith (March 12, 1822 – June 30, 1883) was a New Brunswick politician and opponent of Canadian Confederation. Smith's grandfather was a United Empire Loyalist who left Massachusetts to settle in New Brunswick after the American Revolution.
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He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1862.
Smith reconciled with Confederation after it became a fact and became minister of fisheries in the Liberal government of Alexander Mackenzie in 1873. He died in 1883, and was interred in Dorchester Rural Cemetery.
Electoral record
By-election: on Mr. Smith being appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries: |- |Liberal | Albert James Smith |align="right"| acclaimed
References
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