About John Samuel Smith
Born 1841. John Samuel Smith was a politician.
John Samuel Smith (1841 – 6 July 1882) was an Australian politician.
He was the son of solicitor John Smith and was a wealthy squatter at South Creek. He married actress Kate Corcoran. He owned racehorses, including Speculation which won the Sydney Cup in 1874 and in partnership with William Long, the unbeaten Grand Flaneur.
In 1872, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wellington, serving until 1877 when he unsuccessfully contested Nepean.
Smith died in London in 1882 aged 41.
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