Career
Smith was named Attorney-General of Belize in 1999. In 2003 he became Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Emergency Management Organization.
Smith defeated Bobby Usher, the nephew of George Cadle Price, to receive the PUP's nomination as its candidate for Pickstock constituency in the 2003 election; Price had previously represented Pickstock, a constituency that had always been held by the PUP. Smith won the seat in the 2003 election and ran for a second term in the February 2008 election, facing Wilfred Elrington of the United Democratic Party (UDP). This time Smith was defeated, and the PUP lost power in the election.
In August 2004, Smith was part of the G-7 group of ministers who demanded the dismissal of Ralph Fonseca from the Cabinet and resigned when Prime Minister Said Musa did not meet that demand. Later, Smith was re-elected as one of the PUP's deputy leaders in July 2007. In April 2006 he gave up the foreign and defense ministries and became minister of tourism, information and emergency management.
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