Bill Smeaton is a former Canadian politician who served as mayor of Niagara Falls from 1983 to 1991."Smeaton ending 38-year political career" . Welland Tribune, August 10, 2010. First elected to Niagara Falls City Council as an alderman in 1973, he was elected mayor in a 1983 by-election following the resignation of Wayne Thomson, and was subsequently re-elected in the municipal elections of 1985 and 1998. In the 1991 municipal election, Thomson ran for mayor again, while Smeaton ran for a seat on Niagara Regional Council, serving on that body until his retirement from politics in 2010.
He was appointed as a citizenship judge in February 2011."Smeaton newest citizenship judge" . Welland Tribune, February 25, 2011.
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