Harold Smith (New Zealand politician)

George Harold Smith (1866 – 21 April 1936) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

Harold Smith

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1916–1919	19th	Pahiatua			Reform

Smith was born at Masterton in 1866,^[1] the son of Major J. Valentine Smith.^[2]

Smith unsuccessfully contested the Pahiatua electorate in the 1899 election against the incumbent, John O'Meara, of the Liberal Party.^[3]

He won the Pahiatua electorate in a 1916 by-election after the death of the previous MP, James Escott, and retired in 1919.^[4]