{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Andrew Smeaton PAA A3634.jpg | image_size = | name = Andrew Smeaton | caption = | birth_date = August 20, 1879 | birth_place = Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1947|9|5|1879|8|20}} | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | constituency = Lethbridge | term_start = June 28, 1926 | term_end = August 22, 1935 | predecessor = John Stewart | successor = Hans Wight | party = Dominion Labor | other_party = | spouse = | children = | occupation = politician | branch = | allegiance = | battles = | service_years = | rank = | unit = | commands = | awards = }} '''Andrew Smeaton''' was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1926 to 1935 sitting with the Dominion Labor caucus in opposition.
==Political career== Smeaton ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1926 Alberta general election as a candidate under the Dominion Labor banner. He defeated two other candidates on the second count to pick up the vacant district for his party.<ref name="1926 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1926&Constit=Lethbridge| title=Lethbridge Official Results 1926 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}}</ref>
Smeaton ran for a second term in office in the 1930 Alberta general election. He defeated two other candidates including Lethbridge Mayor Robert Barrowman on the second vote count once again to hold his seat.<ref name="1930 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1930&Constit=Lethbridge| title=Lethbridge Official Results 1930 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}}</ref>
Smeaton ran for a third term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election. He faced three other candidates including Barrowman for the second time. Smeaton was badly defeated finishing third place behind Barrowman and Hans Wight who won the district for Social Credit.<ref name="1935 official">{{cite web|url=http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/maps_choice.php?Year=1935&Constit=Lethbridge| title=Lethbridge Official Results 1935 Alberta general election | publisher=Alberta Heritage Community Foundation | accessdate=April 29, 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{AlbertaMLAbio|ID=0184}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smeaton, Andrew}} Category:Dominion Labor Party (Alberta) MLAs Category:Scottish emigrants to Canada Category:People from Berwickshire Category:1879 births Category:1947 deaths Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta