Silvia Smith

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Silvia Smith
Member of the Australian Parliament for Bass
In office 13 March 1993 – 2 March 1996
Preceded by	Warwick Smith
Succeeded by	Warwick Smith
Personal details
Born	(1939-12-22) 22 December 1939 Burnie, Tasmania
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party

Silvia Joy Smith (born 22 December 1939 in Burnie, Tasmania) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996 and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1997 to 2003.

She was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 1996, representing the electorate of Bass, defeating Liberal incumbent Warwick Smith on Green and Democrats preferences. Smith defeated her in a 1996 rematch as part of the landslide that swept the Keating government from office that year.

In 1997, she ran for and was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council electorate of Windermere as an Independent Labor candidate. She served for one six-year term before being defeated by conservative independent Ivan Dean, at the 2003 periodic elections.

References

Silvia Smith, Parliamentary Library

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Warwick Smith	Member for Bass 1993–1996	Succeeded by Warwick Smith
Tasmanian Legislative Council
Preceded by George Brookes	Member for Westmorland 1997–1999	Abolished
New seat	Member for Windermere 1999–2003	Succeeded by Ivan Dean

Persondata
Name	Smith, Silvia
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	22 December 1939
Place of birth	Burnie, Tasmania
Date of death
Place of death

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