Canadian journalist and politician

Bruce Atherton Smith (1937 – November 27, 2006) was a journalist and politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.

In 1959, Smith graduated from Radio and Television Arts program at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. He moved to New Brunswick where he worked as a radio broadcaster and was News Director and General Manager of radio station CJCJ in the town of Woodstock.

Smith entered provincial politics as a Liberal candidate and was elected to the Legislative *embly of New Brunswick in the 1987, 1991 and 1995. He did not seek re-election in 1999.

He served in the cabinet first as Minister of Supply and Services from 1987 to 1991 and then as Solicitor General of New Brunswick from 1991 to 1994 when he was removed in a cabinet shuffle. After the 1995 election, he returned to his previous Supply & Services post until 1997 when he was again removed from cabinet during a shuffle.

Smith died in 2006 due to complications from diabetes.

Sources

• Premier's message on death of Bruce Smith
• CBC riding profile