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Edwin Wallis-Smith

1908 – 1988

Australian politician

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Lived 1908 – 1988 (aged 80). Edwin Wallis-Smith was an Australian politician and locomotive driver.

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

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.

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. He died in Brisbane in March 1988.

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.

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Who was Edwin Wallis-Smith?

Australian politician

When was Edwin Wallis-Smith born?

Edwin Wallis-Smith was born on 3 January 1908 in Maryborough.

When did Edwin Wallis-Smith die?

Edwin Wallis-Smith died on 14 March 1988 in Brisbane.

What was Edwin Wallis-Smith's occupation?

Edwin Wallis-Smith was a politician and locomotive driver.

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Edwin Wallis-Smith was Australian.

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· Wikipedia: Edwin Wallis-Smith

· Wikidata: Q23901646

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