Sidney Earle Smith

Sidney Earle Smith
Secretary of State for External Affairs
In office
13 September 1957 – 17 March 1959
Prime MinisterJohn Diefenbaker
Preceded byJohn Diefenbaker
Succeeded byJohn Diefenbaker (Acting)
Member of Parliament
for Hastings—Frontenac
In office
4 November 1957 – 17 March 1959
Preceded byGeorge Stanley White
Succeeded byRod Webb
7th President of the University of Toronto
In office
1945–1957
Preceded byHenry John Cody
Succeeded byClaude Bissell
2nd President of the University of Manitoba
In office
1934–1944
Preceded byJames Alexander MacLean
Succeeded byHenry Percy Armes (Acting)
4th Dean of Dalhousie Law School
In office
1929–1934
Preceded byJohn Erskine Read
Succeeded byVincent C. MacDonald
Personal details
Born
Sidney Earle Smith

(1897-03-09)9 March 1897
Port Hood Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died17 March 1959(1959-03-17) (aged 62)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse
Harriet Amelia Rand
(m. 1926)
Children3
Profession
  • University President
  • Lawyer
  • Dean
  • Teacher

Sidney Earle Smith PC QC (9 March 1897 – 17 March 1959) was an academic and Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs in the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.