Summary
Edward Lithgow Smart (9 December 1862 – 28 November 1948) was a plumber and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Edward Smart | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Drayton & Toowoomba | |
| In office 1 October 1904 – 18 May 1907 Serving with James Tolmie | |
| Preceded by | John Fogarty |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Roberts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edward Lithgow Smart 9 December 1862 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Died | 28 November 1948 (aged 85) Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse | Emma Jessie Hunt (m.1895 d.1939) |
| Occupation | Plumber |
Biography edit
Smart was born at Ipswich, Queensland, to parents Thomas Smart and his wife Elizabeth (née Ball).[1] He attended Toowoomba State School and became an apprentice plumber. He acquired his own plumbing business in 1885 and eventually became a director of the Sugarloaf Colliery Company.[1]
On 11 April 1895 he married Emma Jessie Hunt (died 1939)[2] and together had three sons and two daughters. He died in November 1948[1] and was buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.[3]
Political career edit
Smart, who was a member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, was an Alderman on the Toowoomba City Council from 1894 until 1900.[1] When one of the sitting members for the Queensland state seat of Drayton & Toowoomba, John Fogarty died in 1904, Smart, representing the Labour Party, won the resulting by-election.[1] He held the seat for three years, declining to stand at the 1907 state election.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ Deceased search — Toowoomba Regional Council Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "BURNETT". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LXIII, no. 15, 398. Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 24 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.