Smith, Ralph L. | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

SMITH, Ralph L. (fl. 1911-14) was active in Winnipeg where he prepared the initial design for St. John's Presbyterian Church, Cathedral Avenue at Charles Street, in 1914. Only the foundations and basement of his plan were actually built; WWI intervened and construction was halted. The design of superstructure was later planned by J.H.G. Russell and completed in 1923. Smith may have left Winnipeg after 1914.

WARREN, MAN., public school, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 15 March 1911, 54)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Lutheran Tabernacle, Victor Street at Sargent Avenue, 1912 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 7 June 1912, 1; Winnipeg b.p. 1872, 1912)
WINNIPEG, MAN., St. John's Presbyterian Church, Cathedral Avenue at Charles Street, foundations, 1913; superstructure designed by J.H.G. Russell, completed 1923 (C.R., xxvii, 6 Aug. 1913, 65, t.c.; Winnipeg, 1988-The Year Past, 1990, 23-4, illus.)