Duncan Malcolm Smith (29 October 1890 – 15 December 1973) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to master mariner Duncan Smith and Ada Genge. He attended the

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, receiving a

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in 1912 and a

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in 1920. On 26 September 1914 he married Marcella Gertrude Smyth, with whom he had four children. He became a schoolteacher, teaching at Cleveland Street (1912–15), North Sydney High School (1915–21),

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(1921–27) and

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(1927–30) before becoming headmaster of

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Intermediate High School from 1930 to 1936. From 1925 to 1934 he was a member of the

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, first as a

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member. He was expelled from the party in 1926 after failing to vote for the abolition of the Legislative Council, and in the 1930s became associated with Federal Labor. From 1936 to 1954 Smith was inspector for the

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school district. He died at Camperdown in 1973.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Duncan 1890 births 1973 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Independent members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians