Edward Smart (politician)

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

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
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabour Party
Spouse(s)Emma Jessie Hunt (m.1895 d.1939)
OccupationPlumber

Biography

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

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

  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. Family history research Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  3. Deceased search Toowoomba Regional Council Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. "BURNETT". The Brisbane Courier. LXIII (15, 398). Queensland, Australia. 20 May 1907. p. 6. Retrieved 24 March 2016 via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
John Fogarty
Member for Drayton & Toowoomba
19041907
Served alongside: James Tolmie
Succeeded by
Thomas Roberts
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