Alfred James Smith

Alfred James "Norm" Smith (23 March 1901 – 9 July 1983) was a businessman, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early days Smith was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to parents Harry Smith, a navvy in the railways, and his wife Emma (née Elms). Due to his father's job, his family moved many times and he was educated at 15 different schools and the longest he stayed at any one school was 12 months. He went on to hold the seat until it was abolished in 1960. He then stood for the seat of Burke but was defeated by Labor's Alec Inch. In 1957 he had joined with Premier Vince Gair and most of his Cabinet to form the Queensland Labor Party. and together had two sons and one daughter. He died on 9 July 1983 and was buried at Mt Isa's Sunset Lawn Cemetery. At his funeral, a police escort led almost 100 cars in the procession to the cemetery.