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Mr Samuel James SMITH (1897 - 1964)

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Date of Birth: 24/07/1897
Place of Birth: Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 08/07/1964
Place of Death: Erskineville, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 23 Apr 1934 22 Apr 1940 6 years A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 5 December 1933. A Member before reconstitution.
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 24 Nov 1931 22 Apr 1934 2 years 4 months 30 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 23 November 1931
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Busdriver. Employed as an office boy by Trolley and Draymen's Union; assistant secretary of Federated Clerks' Union in 1925, employed on buses, lost employment when bus services closed down in 1931; assistant secretary of Amalgamated Road Transport Workers' Union, secretary 1934 - 1937.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Samuel Smith. Married Jessie May Robertson on 27 October 1928 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Funeral at Eastern Suburbs crematorium.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.