Edwin Wallis-Smith
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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|name = Eddie Wallis-Smith
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| constituency_AM1 = Tablelands
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 1 June 1963
| term_end1 = 27 May 1972
| predecessor1 = Tom Gilmore, Sr.
| successor1 = Seat abolished
| alongside1 =
| constituency_AM2 = Cook
| assembly2 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start2 = 27 May 1972
| term_end2 = 7 December 1974
| predecessor2 = Bill Wood
| successor2 = Eric Deeral
| alongside2 =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|1|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|1988|3|14|1908|1|3|df=y}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace =
|birthname = Edwin Wallis-Smith
|nationality = Australian
|party = Labor
|otherparty =
|spouse = Edna Elizabeth Langusch (m.1937), Ruth Gibson (m.1951)
|known_for =
| occupation = Locomotive driver
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Edwin Wallis-Smith (3 January 1908 – 14 March 1988) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2477412964|accessdate=22 April 2016}}
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. From 1941 to 1946 he joined the 2/15 Australian Field Ambulance where he was discharged at the rank of sergeant.[http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=23978 SMITH, EDWIN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822171445/http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=23978 |date=22 August 2016 }} — World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
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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{{s-ttl |title= Member for Tablelands|years=1963–1972}}
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{{s-bef|before= Bill Wood}}
{{s-ttl |title= Member for Cook|years=1972–1974}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland