Thomas Stuart Traill Smellie (February 13, 1849 – May 20, 1925) was an

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physician, merchant and political figure. He represented Fort William and Lake of the Woods (1905-1908) and Fort William (1908-1911) in the

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as a

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member. Smellie was born in Fergus,

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, the son of the Reverend George Smellie (1811–1896), and studied at the

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and

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. He married Janet Eleanor Lawrie on 14 April 1879. He came to Prince Arthur's Landing (later Port Arthur) in 1879 and was a town councillor in 1885. He settled in Fort William in 1891, where he became Medical Officer of Health. Smellie was owner of the ''Daily Times-Journal'' from 1901 to 1908. With his brother, A.G.P. Smellie, he owned a number of stores and creameries in the

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area. He was appointed registrar of the High Court and Surrogate Court for Thunder Bay District in 1911 and served in these positions until February 1921. According to the ''Daily Times-Journal'', "He was man of broad views. Physically a big man, he had a mind constructed on the same massive proportions, and he was endowed with a fine capacity for learning." His daughter

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was chief superintendent for the

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and served as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps during

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References

* F. Brent Scollie, ''Thunder Bay Mayors & Councillors, 1873-1945'' (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, 2000), 135–136. * ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1910'', EJ Chambers

External links

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''The Thunder Bay Historical Society : fifth annual report : papers of 1914''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smellie, Thomas Stuart Traill 1849 births 1925 deaths Physicians from Ontario People from Centre Wellington Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs University of Toronto alumni