Sam Smith (Australian politician)

Samuel "Sam" Smith (1857 – 22 January 1916) was an Australian union official and politician.

Samuel Smith, Alderman Municipal Council of the City of Sydney, circa 1901

Smith's early life is unclear in that his parliamentary biography states he was born on 17 February 1857 in Ayrshire, Scotland, to Samuel Smith and Marion Hunter,[1] while the City of Sydney Archives states that he was born on 29 January 1857 in Glasgow, to Elizabeth née Hunter and David Smith, shoemaker.[2]

He attended school at Kilwinning and became a colliery lad at the age of eleven, becoming active in the Glasgow Railway and Seaman's Union. In 1882 he arrived in Sydney and helped found the local Seamen's Union, of which he was assistant secretary in 1890 and secretary from 1891 to 1902.[1][2] He was a member of the Loyal United Brothers lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows.[3]

He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Sydney-Pyrmont and the 1898 election and was re-elected at the 1901 election, serving until his resignation in 1902.[4] He was a Sydney City Councillor from 1900 to 1902.[2]

In March 1902 Smith was appointed to the Court of Arbitration on the recommendation of the Industrial Unions of Employees.[5] He was re-elected for a further term in April 1905,[6] however a temporary replacement was appointed in September,[7] and in around November 1905 he was committed to the Hospital for the Insane at Callan Park.[8]

Smith died at Lilyfield on 22 January 1916(1916-01-22) (aged 58).[1][9]

References
  1. "Mr Samuel Smith". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. "Samuel Smith". Sydney's Aldermen. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. "Death notices: Samuel Smith". The Daily Telegraph. 24 January 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.
  4. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney-Pyrmont". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. "Appointment Samuel Smith to the Court of Arbitration". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 234. 27 March 1902. p. 2470. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.
  6. "The Arbitration Court". Goulburn Herald. 5 April 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.
  7. "Temporary appointment Edward Riley". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 508. 29 September 1905. p. 6612. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.
  8. "Notice to the creditors of Samuel Smith". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 593. 17 November 1905. p. 7663. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.
  9. "Mr Sam Smith Dead". The Sun. 23 January 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 6 April 2021 – via Trove.

 

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