{{Short description|British politician (1935–2017)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Anthony Thomas Smith''' QC (21 June 1935 – 15 September 2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-thomas-smith&pid=186735812|title=Obituary notice, The Times|date=23 September 2017|website=legacy.com|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref> was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician.
==Background== Smith was born the son of Sydney Ernest Smith and Winston Victoria Smith. He was educated at Northampton, Stafford, and Hinckley Grammar Schools, and at King's College, Cambridge (Exhibitioner; MA). In 1959 he married Letitia Ann Wheldon Griffith. They had one son and two daughters.<ref>‘SMITH, Anthony Thomas’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; online edn, Nov 2015 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U35254, accessed 20 July 2016]</ref>
==Professional career== Smith was Called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1958. He served as a Flying Officer in the RAF from 1958 to 1960, then returned to his legal career. He was founder and Chairman of the Birmingham Free Representation Scheme. He was made a QC in 1977 and appointed as a Recorder.<ref>{{London Gazette | issue = 47194 | date = 12 April 1977 | page = 4891 }}</ref> He was made a Bencher in 1985.<ref>‘SMITH, Anthony Thomas’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015; online edn, Nov 2015 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U35254, accessed 20 July 2016]</ref>
==Political career== Smith was Liberal candidate for the Northampton division at the 1959 General Election. The constituency was a Labour/Conservative marginal and the Liberals had not run a candidate since coming a poor third in 1950. His prospects were not good and the party did not improve on its position.<ref>British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1983, FWS Craig</ref>
===Electoral record=== {{Election box begin | |title=General Election 1959: Northampton<ref name="kimber1959">{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1959|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i15.htm|website=Political Science Resources|accessdate=11 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008221301/http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge59/i15.htm|archive-date=8 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Reginald Thomas Guy Des Voeux Paget |votes = 27,823 |percentage = 46.30 |change = -6.45 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Joan Christabel Jill Knight |votes = 25,106 |percentage = 41.77 |change = -5.48 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Anthony Thomas Smith |votes = 7,170 |percentage = 11.93 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 2,717 |percentage = 4.52 |change = -0.98 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 60,099 |percentage = 82.87 |change = +0.27 }} {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 72,521 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |swing = -0.49 }} {{Election box end}}
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