James Edward Smith (1 January 18872 November 1962) was an Australian politician and member of the

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from 1928 until 1930. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP). Smith was born in

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and became a master bricklayer. He settled in

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in 1920 and joined the ALP in 1922 after becoming an official of the Building Workers Industrial Union. Smith was elected to the seat of

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at a

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caused by the death of David Murray in 1928. At the 1930 election he stood aside to allow the ALP to endorse

Hugh Connell Hugh John Connell DSO, MC & Bar (12 June 1884 – 31 January 1934) was an Australian politician from the Labor Party and a soldier who served in World War I. Early life Connell was born in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, New South Wales and e ...

whose seat of

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had been abolished in a redistribution. He did not hold ministerial or party office. Smith later served as an alderman on the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, James 1887 births 1962 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians