John Shuter Smith (ca 1813 – January 18, 1871) was a lawyer and political figure in

Canada West The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, in the Report on the ...

. He was born in Port Hope around 1813, the son of

John David Smith John David Smith (October 1786 – March 1849) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in New York City in 1786, the son of Elias Smith, a United Empire Loyalist. He came to the site of what is now Port Hope with h ...

. He served as mayor of Port Hope in 1852, from 1854 to 1855 and in 1868. He represented the East riding of

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in the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper C ...

from 1861 to 1866. His brother Sidney, also a lawyer, served as postmaster general for the

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and was a member of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. He was roundly criticized by contractor John Fowler, lessee of the Millbrook-Peterborough branch of the

Port Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Railway The Midland Railway of Canada was a historical Canadian railway which ran from Port Hope, Ontario to Midland on Georgian Bay. The line was originally intended to run to Peterborough, but the competing Cobourg and Peterborough Railway was complet ...

for underhanded dealings.

External links

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"The History of a Railroad Difficulty," by John Fowler (Port Hope, 1859)
1871 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West Mayors of Port Hope, Ontario Year of birth uncertain {{Ontario-mayor-stub