John Smith (New South Wales politician, born 1811)

John Smith (25 May 1811 – 1 January 1895) was an English-born Australian pastoralist and politician.

He was born at St Keverne in Cornwall to farmer John Smith and Elizabeth Cock. He emigrated to Sydney in 1836, and became a station superintendent at Molong. On 12 September 1842 he married Mary William Tom, with whom he had eleven children, of whom one, Fergus, would later serve in the New South Wales Parliament, and another, Emily Janet, married Sir Joseph Innes. He acquired land on the Lachlan River and Macquarie River, and also around Bathurst, including the now heritage listed property Llanarth.[1]

He stood as a candidate for East Macquarie at the 1872 election,[2] but was unsuccessful.[3] He was again unsuccessful in contesting Molong at the November 1880 election.[4]

In December 1880 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council,[5] where he served until his death at Ashfield in 1895.[6]

  1. ^ Mac. Smith, Bertha. "Smith, John (1811–1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Election for East Macquarie". The Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal. 17 February 1872. p. 3. Retrieved 27 April 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1872 East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Summons for the Legislative Council". New South Wales Government Gazette. 10 December 1880. p. 6417. Retrieved 27 April 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Mr John (2) Smith (1811-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.