Tarnya Smith

{{short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Tarnya Smith

|honorific-suffix =

|office = Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and the Digital Economy

|term_start = 6 May 2016

|term_end = 25 November 2017

|leader = Tim Nicholls

|predecessor =John McVeigh

|successor =

|office1 = Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs

|term_start1 = 14 February 2015

|term_end1 = 6 May 2016

|leader1 = Lawrence Springborg

|predecessor1 =Desley Scott

|successor1 = Fiona Simpson

|office2 = Assistant Minister for Child Safety

|term_start2 = 15 February 2013

|term_end2 = 14 February 2015

|premier2 = Campbell Newman

|predecessor2 =Rob Molhoek

|successor2 = post abolished

|constituency_MP3 = Mount Ommaney

|parliament3 = Queensland

|term_start3 = 24 March 2012

|term_end3 = 25 November 2017

|predecessor3 = Julie Attwood

|successor3 = Jess Pugh

|party = Liberal National

|occupation = Businesswoman

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|3|17}}

|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

|spouse = Steve Smith

}}

Tarnya Lisa Smith (born 17 March 1965) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal National member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2017, representing the electorate of Mount Ommaney.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/guide/momm.htm|title = Mount Ommaney - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)| website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation }}

Smith, who had been the candidate for the federal seat of Oxley at the 2010 state election, was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2012 state election, defeating new Labor candidate Ben Marczyk. She narrowly retained Mount Ommaney following the 2015 election. The narrow defeat of the Newman Government relegated the LNP to opposition and Smith was promoted to Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs by Lawrence Springborg. Her elevation to Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and the Digital Economy came with the election of Tim Nicholls as Opposition Leader on 6 May 2015.

Smith's seat of Mount Ommaney was altered by an electoral redistribution for the 2017 state election: her 0.2% majority from the 2015 election, already the narrowest in the state, became a 1.0% Labor margin on the new boundaries, making it a notionally Labor seat. She recontested her seat, but was defeated by Labor candidate Jess Pugh.{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2017/guide/momm/ | title=Electorate: Mount Ommaney | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | work=Queensland Votes | accessdate=26 November 2017}}