Edwin Wallis-Smith

Edwin Wallis-Smith (3 January 1908 – 14 March 1988) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Eddie Wallis-Smith
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Tablelands
In office
1 June 1963  27 May 1972
Preceded byTom Gilmore, Sr.
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Cook
In office
27 May 1972  7 December 1974
Preceded byBill Wood
Succeeded byEric Deeral
Personal details
Born
Edwin Wallis-Smith

(1908-01-03)3 January 1908
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Died14 March 1988(1988-03-14) (aged 80)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor
Spouse(s)Edna Elizabeth Langusch (m.1937), Ruth Gibson (m.1951)
OccupationLocomotive driver

Biography

Wallis-Smith was born at Maryborough, Queensland, the son of Edwin Alfred Wallis-Smith and his wife Eliza Jane (née Moore). He was educated at Maryborough Central State School and Maryborough Boys Grammar School and in 1937 joined the railway ambulance before becoming a locomotive driver in 1941.[1] From 1941 to 1946 he joined the 2/15 Australian Field Ambulance where he was discharged at the rank of sergeant.[2]

On 23 January 1937 he married Edna Elizabeth Langusch with whom he had one daughter. He married for a second time in 1951, this time to Ruth Gibson.[1] He died in Brisbane in March 1988.[1]

Public life

Wallis-Smith, representing the Labor Party, won the seat of Tablelands at the 1963 Queensland state election. He held the seat until it was abolished before the 1972 state election and Wallis-Smith then moved to the electorate of Cook where he served until 1974 state election.[1]

References

  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. SMITH, EDWIN World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Tom Gilmore, Sr.
Member for Tablelands
19631972
Abolished
Preceded by
Bill Wood
Member for Cook
19721974
Succeeded by
Eric Deeral
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