Date of Birth: 28/06/1851
Place of Birth: Rotherhithe, Surrey, England
Date of Death: 15/08/1937
Place of Death: Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Library Committee No.6 |
05 Oct 1892 |
18 Oct 1892 |
14 days |
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| Borough of Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.12 |
20 Aug 1891 |
03 Sep 1891 |
15 days |
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| Colonial Treasurer |
14 Aug 1891 |
22 Oct 1891 |
2 months 9 days |
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| Member for Glebe |
17 Jun 1891 |
25 Jun 1894 |
3 years 9 days |
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| Borough of Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.40 |
06 Nov 1890 |
12 Nov 1890 |
7 days |
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| Hay and Deniliquin Tramway Bill Committee No.34 |
23 Sep 1890 |
13 Nov 1890 |
1 month 22 days |
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| Cook’s River Road Tramways Bill Committee No.26 |
29 Jul 1890 |
20 Dec 1890 |
4 months 22 days |
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| Borough of Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill Committee No.23 |
03 Jul 1890 |
16 Jul 1890 |
14 days |
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| Broken Hill and Pinnacles Tramway Bill Committee No.16 |
03 Jun 1890 |
20 Dec 1890 |
6 months 18 days |
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| City of Newcastle Gas and Coke Company’s Electric and other light Bill Committee No.15 |
22 May 1890 |
11 Jun 1890 |
21 days |
Chairman |
| Willoughby and Gordon Tramway Act Amending Bill Committee No.13 |
13 May 1890 |
20 May 1890 |
8 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
30 Apr 1890 |
20 Dec 1890 |
7 months 21 days |
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| Illawarra Harbour and Land Corporation Bill Committee No.6 |
03 Dec 1889 |
17 Dec 1889 |
15 days |
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| Library Committee No.4 |
27 Nov 1889 |
21 Dec 1889 |
25 days |
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| New South Wales Tramway Company’s Bill Committee No.11 |
30 Apr 1889 |
17 May 1889 |
18 days |
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| Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Bill Committee No.10 |
17 Apr 1889 |
30 Apr 1889 |
14 days |
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| Toronto Tramway Bill Committee No.7 |
04 Apr 1889 |
11 Apr 1889 |
8 days |
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| Library Committee No.5 |
03 Apr 1889 |
10 Oct 1889 |
6 months 8 days |
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| Member for Glebe |
18 Mar 1889 |
06 Jun 1891 |
2 years 2 months 20 days |
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| Secretary for Public Works |
08 Mar 1889 |
13 Aug 1891 |
2 years 5 months 6 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No.2 |
01 Mar 1889 |
25 Apr 1889 |
1 month 28 days |
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| Member for Glebe |
02 Feb 1889 |
08 Mar 1889 |
1 month 7 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
10 Oct 1883 |
01 Nov 1884 |
1 year 23 days |
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| Standing Orders Committee No.3 |
18 Jan 1883 |
02 May 1883 |
3 months 15 days |
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| Member for Gundagai |
13 Dec 1882 |
08 Apr 1884 |
1 year 3 months 27 days |
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| Member for Gundagai |
23 Nov 1882 |
23 Nov 1882 |
1 day |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
23 Nov 1882 |
25 Jun 1894 |
11 years 7 months 3 days |
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Political Party Activity
Freetrader.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Lawyer (barrister). Arrived in Melbourne with parents in 1854. Educated at Wesley College in Melbourne and other schools in Melbourne in cluding University of Melbourne. Engaged in Commerce in Melbourne. Studied law 1867 - 1873 and for a year attended the University of Melbourne. Entered Inner Temple in 1873. Called to Bar in 1877; practised in Victoria in 2 years and then Sydney. Practised at Bar. KC in 1904. Director of Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Company. Sydney and Suburban Hydraulic Power Company Limited.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Parkes 1901 - 1919.
Local Government Activity
Personal
Fifth (of seven) son of William Howard Smith, master mariner and shipowner, and his wife Agnes Rosa Allen. Married on 15 January 1879 to Sarah Jane Cresswell, at the Presbyterian Church, Toorak, Melbourne. Methodist. His elder brother, Edmund Edmonds Smith (1847 - 1914) was a member of the Legislative Council of Victoria for the seat of South Yarra in 1903. His book, 'Liberty and Liberalism', first published in 1887, was re-published in 2005 by the Centre for Independent Studies, Sydney (reviewed by Keith Windschuttle in 'Quadrant', April 2005).
Additional Information
Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11
