James Francis Smith (politician)
James Francis Smith (1844 – 27 October 1908) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Wellington to pastoralist William Smith and Mary Ann Williamson. He attended Christ Church School in Sydney and worked as a solicitor's clerk and then cattle dealer before establishing a butchery business around 1868. On 25 May 1868 he married Clara Linda Potter Leslie; they would have thirteen children. Smith was a Newtown alderman from 1871 to 1908, serving four separate terms as mayor. In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Newtown. With the emergence of the first party system in the next few years, Smith gravitated to the Protectionist Party. He lost his seat in 1887 and continued to regularly contest elections until he was successful at winning the seat of Newtown-Camperdown in 1901. In 1904 he was re-elected as a Progressive in Camperdown, but he was defeated as an independent in 1907. Smith died at Newtown the following year.[1]
References
- ↑ "Mr James Francis Smith (1844 - 1908)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
| Civic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Bailey |
Mayor of Newtown 1877 – 1878 |
Succeeded by Alfred Fallick |
| Preceded by Alfred Fallick |
Mayor of Newtown 1879 – 1880 |
Succeeded by Daniel Wildman |
| Preceded by Charles Boots |
Mayor of Newtown 1884 – 1886 |
Succeeded by Charles Whately |
| Preceded by Harold Thomas Morgan |
Mayor of Newtown 1896 – 1897 |
Succeeded by William Cox |
| New South Wales Legislative Assembly | ||
| Preceded by Frederick Gibbes Joseph Mitchell |
Member for Newtown 1885 – 1887 Served alongside: William Foster, Frederick Gibbes |
Succeeded by Nicholas Hawken |
| Preceded by Francis Cotton |
Member for Newtown-Camperdown 1901 – 1904 |
District abolished |
| New district | Member for Camperdown 1904 – 1907 |
Succeeded by Robert Stuart-Robertson |