Date of Birth: 08/06/1843
Place of Birth: Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 25/01/1924
Place of Death: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
13 Aug 1895 |
25 Jan 1924 |
28 years 5 months 13 days |
Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 8 August 1895 |
| Member for West Macquarie |
17 Feb 1887 |
19 Jan 1889 |
1 year 11 months 3 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
17 Feb 1887 |
19 Jan 1889 |
1 year 11 months 3 days |
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Political Party Activity
Freetrade. He was chief campaign worker for Sydney Smith MLA
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Pastoralist. Educated at The King's School at Parramatta and privately. As a young man did a world tour. Worked on father's station 'Toogong' in the Molong district from 1868 to 1874, then at 'Hawthorne' station, near Bathurst, which he later owned. He became a breeder of sheep and horses. Director of Australian Bank of Commerce and Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company. On committee of Sheepbreeders Association from 1909 until 1911. Interested in archaeology, visiting Egypt several times. Member of Union Club and Protestant Federation. Member of Bathurst Church of England. Synod.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of John Smith and his wife Mary Tom. Married Emily Grace Machattie, daughter of Dr. Richard Machattie of Bathurst, on 25 January 1866 at Bathurst, New South Wales. Church of England. His father, John Smith, was a Member of the Legislative Council 1880 - 1895. He was brother-in-law to C. H. Barton MLA and Sir Joseph Innes MLA / MLC.
