Arthur Smith (Australian politician)
Arthur Smith (2 March 1902 – 9 October 1981) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Barwite to farmer Sidney Gordon Smith and Isabella Martin. He attended public schools at Barwite and Mansfield, and worked as a bricklayer and then a railway employee. On 1 December 1934 he married Margaret Breakwell, with whom he had two daughters. From 1948 to 1960 he served on Seymour Shire Council, of which he was president from 1955 to 1956. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for Bendigo Province, where he served until his defeat in 1964. In 1967 he retired to Coffs Harbour. Smith died in Brisbane in 1981.[1]
References
- ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Smith, Arthur". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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