Bennett Smith
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Bennett Smith was a ship builder and ship owner in Nova Scotia
, Canada. Smith briefly served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Hants County in 1858 and 1859 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia
, the son of John Smith and Ann Grant. He learned the craft of ship building from his father and inherited his father's shipyard in 1832. In the same year,Smith married Rachel Harris. During the early 1840s, Smith was involved in farming and the timber trade but returned again to shipbuilding. He built 27 large ships involved in foreign trade, owning and operating all but one; he also owned shares in other vessels. Smith was also a director of the Avon Marine and Shipowners Insurance Company. He was elected to the provincial assembly in 1858 following the death of Ichabod Dimock
; he did not run for reelection in the general election the following year.
His sons Thomas
and Charles took over his business after Smith's death in Windsor at the age of 87.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
, Canada. Smith briefly served as a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
Nova Scotia House of Assembly
The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...
for Hants County in 1858 and 1859 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...
, the son of John Smith and Ann Grant. He learned the craft of ship building from his father and inherited his father's shipyard in 1832. In the same year,Smith married Rachel Harris. During the early 1840s, Smith was involved in farming and the timber trade but returned again to shipbuilding. He built 27 large ships involved in foreign trade, owning and operating all but one; he also owned shares in other vessels. Smith was also a director of the Avon Marine and Shipowners Insurance Company. He was elected to the provincial assembly in 1858 following the death of Ichabod Dimock
Ichabod Dimock
Ichabod Dimock was a farmer, magistrate and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Newport township from 1840 to 1855 and Hants County from 1855 to 1858 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a Reformer....
; he did not run for reelection in the general election the following year.
His sons Thomas
Thomas Barlow Smith
Thomas Barlow Smith was a merchant, ship builder, author and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Hants County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 1874, from 1878 to 1882 and from 1890 to 1894 as a Liberal-Conservative member.He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of...
and Charles took over his business after Smith's death in Windsor at the age of 87.