Deletion of Robert Melville Smith

Comment: Per  {{tq|"Sub-cabinet officials (assistant secretary, commissioner, etc.) are usually considered notable, especially if they have had otherwise notable careers."}} - I agree that with a  fail that would not be sufficient, however a google book search on the full name + Ontario does have a number of hits, including - https://books.google.co.il/books?id=DvURAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Robert+Melville+Smith%22+ontario&dq=%22Robert+Melville+Smith%22+ontario&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLhb723tbeAhUFGuwKHUAqDUUQ6AEINzAD this on an award he received - which does allow us to verify the contents of the present article. I would assume additional sources exist, yet the name does make searching here difficult
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:POLOUTCOMES||WP:V)

Comment: I have found and added references to this article. My understanding is that notability is meant to be determined on the existence of sources, not their inclusion in the article. However, there are now more references, as well as more information. I believe that he meets  and 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO||WP:GNG)

Comment: First, while deputy ministers ''can'' be notable, deputy ministers are not automatically notable under  but must pass . Second, having reviewed all of the sources, this fails . I've done a Google Books search, a Newspapers.com search, and a couple other searches and very little of the coverage of him is significant. There is a book showing he did win an award for the development of Canada, but it's scarcely significant coverage. Of the sources in the article, one just names him as the deputy minister, and the other is the source that lists the medal which Icewhiz helpfully added above. I understand a  argument in a historical context, but he's apparently not listed in this book at all (could this be an OCR issue?) https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OXDWAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Robert+Melville+Smith%22+ontario&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Smith though he is apparently mentioned in this book https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-3x4AAAACAAJ&dq=%22Robert+Melville+Smith%22+ontario&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTh7PDq9reAhVNfn0KHRK-CCA4ChDoAQg-MAU ({{ping|Bearcat}}, do you know if Boston Mills Press is a reliable publisher?), and newspapers.com brings up very little (perhaps its Canadian coverage isn't decent
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL||WP:GNG||WP:GNG||WP:NEXIST)