Edwin Wallis-Smith Explained

Eddie Wallis-Smith
Constituency Am1:Tablelands
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:1 June 1963
Term End1:27 May 1972
Predecessor1:Tom Gilmore, Sr.
Successor1:Seat abolished
Constituency Am2:Cook
Assembly2:Queensland Legislative
Term Start2:27 May 1972
Term End2:7 December 1974
Predecessor2:Bill Wood
Successor2:Eric Deeral
Birth Date:3 January 1908
Birth Place:Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Death Place:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:Edwin Wallis-Smith
Nationality:Australian
Party:Labor
Spouse:Edna Elizabeth Langusch (m.1937), Ruth Gibson (m.1951)
Occupation:Locomotive driver

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 22 April 2016.
  2. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=23978 SMITH, EDWIN