Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary service including their positions held and biography.
Positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Thu 27 January 1870 | Sat 28 May 1881 | 11 years 4 months 2 days | Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 25 January 1870 |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 | Mon 29 November 1869 | Sat 13 November 1869 | ||
| Diseases in Grape-vines Prevention Bill Committee No.16 | Fri 12 February 1869 | Fri 19 March 1869 | 1 month 8 days | |
| Randwick and Coogee Roads Transfer Bill Committee No.10 | Fri 15 January 1869 | Fri 29 January 1869 | 15 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.5 | Tue 15 December 1868 | Wed 24 March 1869 | 3 months 10 days | |
| Seizure at Stores of George McLeod Braidwood Committee No.16 | Tue 12 November 1867 | Fri 24 April 1868 | 5 months 13 days | |
| Seizure at Stores of George McLeod Braidwood Committee No.16 | Tue 12 November 1867 | Fri 24 April 1868 | 5 months 13 days | |
| Waterview Patent Slip Bill Committee No.11 | Tue 03 September 1867 | Wed 18 December 1867 | 3 months 16 days | |
| Claim of Mr Benjamin Richards to lease of “Yaraldool” Run Committee No.9 | Tue 27 August 1867 | Thu 28 November 1867 | 3 months 2 days | |
| Library Committee No.2 | Wed 03 July 1867 | Wed 21 August 1867 | 1 month 19 days | |
| Bishopric of Goulburn Lands Investment Bill Committee No.16 | Thu 11 October 1866 | Wed 17 October 1866 | 7 days | |
| Lawson’s Trust Bill Committee No.13 | Tue 25 September 1866 | Thu 13 December 1866 | 2 months 19 days | |
| Church of England Property Management Bill Committee No.8 | Thu 16 August 1866 | Thu 30 August 1866 | 15 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 | Wed 25 July 1866 | Mon 18 March 1867 | 7 months 22 days | |
| Pitt-street Tramway Committee No.12 | Tue 28 November 1865 | Tue 27 March 1866 | 4 months | |
| William Goodin Committee No.11 | Tue 21 November 1865 | Fri 22 December 1865 | 1 month 2 days | |
| Present State of the Colony Committee No.7 | Tue 07 November 1865 | Wed 28 March 1866 | 4 months 22 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.3 | Wed 25 October 1865 | Wed 06 December 1865 | 1 month 12 days | |
| Secretary for Public Works | Fri 20 October 1865 | Sun 21 January 1866 | 3 months 2 days | |
| Mrs Callaghan Committee No.19 | Fri 19 May 1865 | Thu 15 June 1865 | 28 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.4 | Wed 08 March 1865 | Wed 21 June 1865 | 3 months 14 days | |
| Member for Glebe | Fri 17 February 1865 | Mon 15 November 1869 | 4 years 8 months 30 days | |
| Colonial Treasurer | Fri 03 February 1865 | Thu 19 October 1865 | 8 months 17 days | |
| Member for Glebe | Tue 29 November 1864 | Fri 03 February 1865 | 2 months 6 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Wed 19 October 1864 | Wed 09 November 1864 | 22 days | |
| Tom Dight Mackenzie Committee No.38 | Fri 01 April 1864 | Thu 21 April 1864 | 21 days | |
| Bank of New South Wales Incorporation Act Amendment Bill Committee No.32 | Tue 16 February 1864 | Fri 22 April 1864 | 2 months 7 days | |
| Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s Bill Committee No.27 | Tue 29 September 1863 | Tue 06 October 1863 | 8 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Wed 24 June 1863 | Thu 10 December 1863 | 5 months 17 days | |
| Member for Glebe | Thu 07 May 1863 | Thu 10 November 1864 | 1 year 6 months 4 days | |
| Colonial Treasurer | Sat 21 March 1863 | Thu 15 October 1863 | 6 months 25 days | |
| Mount Pleasant Tramroad Bill Committee No.36 | Tue 07 October 1862 | Fri 17 October 1862 | 11 days | |
| Mr William Sims Bell Committee No.34 | Tue 30 September 1862 | Tue 02 December 1862 | 2 months 3 days | |
| Town Hall Site Exchange Bill Committee No.33 | Tue 30 September 1862 | Wed 15 October 1862 | 16 days | |
| Bonded Distilleries and Sugar Houses Bill Committee No.12 | Thu 03 July 1862 | Tue 02 September 1862 | 2 months | |
| Customs Bill Committee No.11 | Thu 26 June 1862 | Sat 20 December 1862 | 5 months 25 days | |
| Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance Company’s Bill Committee No.10 | Fri 20 June 1862 | Fri 27 June 1862 | 8 days | |
| Pilot Board Committee No.9 | Tue 17 June 1862 | Tue 07 October 1862 | 3 months 21 days | |
| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.6 | Tue 10 June 1862 | Tue 02 September 1862 | 2 months 24 days | |
| Land Titles Declaration Bill Committee No.8 | Tue 10 June 1862 | Tue 02 September 1862 | 2 months 24 days | |
| Field of Mars Common Committee No.5 | Tue 03 June 1862 | Fri 26 September 1862 | 3 months 24 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Wed 28 May 1862 | Wed 28 May 1862 | 1 day | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Tue 27 May 1862 | Tue 27 May 1862 | 1 day | |
| Field of Mars Common Committee No.22 | Tue 31 December 1861 | Tue 14 January 1862 | 15 days | |
| Presbyterian Church Temporalities Act of 1837 Committee No.17 | Fri 01 November 1861 | Mon 20 January 1862 | 2 months 20 days | |
| Mr A.E Bush Committee No.13 | Tue 08 October 1861 | Mon 20 January 1862 | 3 months 13 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Wed 04 September 1861 | Mon 20 January 1862 | 4 months 17 days | |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Tue 03 September 1861 | Tue 03 September 1861 | 1 day | |
| Clarence and Richmond Rivers Steam Navigation Company’s Bill Committee No.28 | Wed 27 March 1861 | Sat 11 May 1861 | 1 month 15 days | |
| Sydney Revenues Improvement Bill Committee No.25 | Fri 01 March 1861 | Sat 11 May 1861 | 2 months 11 days | |
| Working of the Insolvent Law Committee No.16 | Tue 12 February 1861 | Sat 11 May 1861 | 3 months | |
| Colonial Bank of Australasia Incorporation Bill Committee No.6 | Fri 18 January 1861 | Sat 11 May 1861 | 3 months 24 days | |
| Standing Orders Committee No.2 | Tue 15 January 1861 | Sat 11 May 1861 | 3 months 27 days | |
| Departure of the Governor General Committee No.4 | Tue 15 January 1861 | Sat 11 May 1861 | 3 months 27 days | |
| Governor General’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 | Fri 11 January 1861 | Fri 11 January 1861 | 1 day | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | Fri 14 December 1860 | Mon 15 November 1869 | 8 years 11 months 2 days | |
| Member for Glebe | Fri 14 December 1860 | Fri 20 March 1863 | 2 years 3 months 7 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Mon 01 September 1851 | Wed 28 February 1855 | 3 years 6 months | An Elective Member of the first Legislative Council 1843 - 1856 for the Sydney Hamlets |
Biography
Personal information
Son of Thomas Smart, bootmaker and convict. Married Mary Ann Kenyon on 8 January 1842 at Sydney and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons as well as 3 step-children. Church of England.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Businessman. For six years assisted in a warehouse. Partner in a drapery business in Sydney. Became an auctioneer, land, estate and commercial agent in 1836 and soon acquired a large fortune. Manager of Sydney banking company. Operated Victoria Flour Mills in 1850. Formed a syndicate speculating in pastoral properties in Moreton Bay and Murrumbidgee Districts from 1853 until 1856; formed Waratah Coal Company. Foundation Director of Australian Mutual Provident Company. Royal Exchange Company. Australasian Steam Navigation Company. Trustee of Savings Bank of New South Wales. Supported Anniversary Day Regattas. Staunch Anglican. Trustee, benefactor and church warden of St Marks, Darling Point. Fellow of St Pauls College at University of Sydney. Member of Union Club from 1858.
Additional information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 6