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Edward Smart (politician)

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Edward Smart
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Drayton & Toowoomba
In office
1 October 1904 – 18 May 1907
Serving with James Tolmie
Preceded byJohn Fogarty
Succeeded byThomas Roberts
Personal details
Born
Edward Lithgow Smart

(1862-12-09)9 December 1862
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Died28 November 1948(1948-11-28) (aged 85)
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Resting placeDrayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseEmma Jessie Hunt (m.1895 d.1939)
OccupationPlumber

Edward Lithgow Smart (9 December 1862 – 28 November 1948) was a plumber and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ^ Family history researchQueensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. ^ Deceased searchToowoomba Regional Council Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ^ "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.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Drayton & Toowoomba
1904–1907
Served alongside: James Tolmie
Succeeded by