Bud Smith (politician)
Stuart Douglas Boland "Bud" Smith (born May 14, 1946)[1] is a lawyer, businessman and former politician in British Columbia. He represented Kamloops in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 as a Social Credit member, serving alongside Claude Richmond in a dual-member district.
Bud Smith  | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Kamloops  | |
| In office October 22, 1986 – October 17, 1991  | |
| Preceded by | Rafe Mair | 
| Succeeded by | Arthur Charbonneau | 
| Attorney General of British Columbia | |
| In office July 6, 1988 – July 13, 1990  | |
| Premier | Bill Vander Zalm | 
| Preceded by | Brian Smith | 
| Succeeded by | Russell Fraser | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 14, 1946 Kamloops, British Columbia  | 
| Political party | Social Credit | 
| Profession | lawyer | 
Smith was born in Kamloops, British Columbia,[2] the son of John Alan Ivan Smith Boland Smith and Anne Margaret Bain.[1][3] In 1970, he received his B.A. from the University of Victoria, and in 1974, he received his L.L.B. from the University of British Columbia.[4] In 1972, he married Daphne Marguerite Minnes.[1] He served in the provincial cabinet as Attorney General and as Minister of Regional Economic Development. Smith was a member of the board of directors for the Royal British Columbia Museum.[3] He ran for the leadership of the provincial Social Credit party in 1986.[5]
In 1990, Smith was forced to resign as attorney general after taped phone conversations were leaked to the press.[5]
References
    
- Flanagan, Kathryn M; Miller, Katherine J (Spring 1991). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
 - "Bud Smith". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
 - "Board of Directors". Royal BC Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
 - "Topic Experts". Fraser Institute. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
 - Carty, R Kenneth (1997). Politics, policy, and government in British Columbia. UBC Press. pp. 127, 146. ISBN 0-7748-0583-8. Retrieved 2012-02-23.