Lance Smith (politician)

Lance Bales Smith GLM ID
Vice President of the Rhodesian Front
In office 23 September 1972 – ? Serving with Douglas Lilford
President	Ian Smith
Minister of Lands (Acting)
In office 1970–?
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Preceded by	Phillip van Heerden
2nd Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 16 August 1968 – 1974
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Preceded by	William Harper
Succeeded by	Jack Mussett
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
In office c. 1967 – 16 April 1968
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Minister	Jack Howman
Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly of Rhodesia and Chairman of Committees
In office May 1965 – April 1970
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Preceded by	John Wrathall
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture
In office May 1965 – c. 1967
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Minister	Jack Howman
Minister without Portfolio
In office 14 April 1964 – May 1965
Prime Minister	Ian Smith
Member of Parliament
In office 1970–1974
Preceded by	John Gaunt
Succeeded by	Frederick Roy Simmonds
Constituency	Hatfield
In office 1965–1970
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Daniel Jacobus Brink
Constituency	Karoi
In office c. 1950s – 1965
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Lomagundi
Personal details
Born	Lancelot Bales Smith 17 January 1910 Felixstowe, Suffolk, England
Died	4 May 2000(2000-05-04) (aged 90) Banket, Zimbabwe
Political party	Rhodesian Front
Occupation	Farmer, politician
Awards

Lancelot Bales Smith GLM ID (17 January 1910 – 4 May 2000), was an English-born Rhodesian farmer and politician. Elected to Parliament in the 1950s, he was a founding member of the Rhodesian Front in 1962. He was minister without portfolio in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ian Smith at the time of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965. In 1968, after serving as Deputy Minister of Agriculture, he was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, a position he held until 1974, when he exited politics.