George Byron Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Newtonville, Ontario, Ontario, Canada
About George Byron Smith
- George Byron Smith (March 7, 1839 – December 13, 1917) was an Ontario merchant and political figure.
- He represented York East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1886 to 1894. He was born in Newtonville, Upper Canada in 1839, the son of N.C.
- Smith, and was employed as a clerk in his father's business at the age of thirteen.
- In 1861, he opened his own store at St.
- Mary's.
- In the same year, he married Maria Allan.
- Smith served on the town council there.
- In 1875, he opened a wholesale dry goods outlet in Toronto, in partnership with a former employee, Duncan Henderson, and moved to Toronto.
- The store in St.
- Mary's was managed by another former employee, now a partner, Jeremiah White.
- Smith also served as an alderman for the city of Toronto.
- He died on a trip to Los Angeles in 1917.
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