David Smith (Western Australian politician)
| The Honourable David Smith | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
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In office 19 February 1983 – 14 December 1996 | |
| Preceded by | None (new creation) |
| Succeeded by | Dan Sullivan |
| Constituency | Mitchell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 October 1943 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
David Lawrence Smith (born 12 October 1943) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1983 to 1996. He served as a minister in the governments of Peter Dowding and Carmen Lawrence.
Smith was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, and studied law at the University of Western Australia.[1] A member of the Labor Party since 1967, he contested the seat of Bunbury at the 1977 state election, but lost to the sitting Liberal member, John Sibson.[2] Smith served on the City of Bunbury council from 1979 to 1983,[1] before being elected to the seat of Mitchell at the 1983 state election.[2] After the 1989 election, he was appointed to the Dowding ministry as Minister for Justice, Minister for Community Services, and Minister for the South-West. Smith was retained in the ministry when Carmen Lawrence succeeded Peter Dowding as premier in February 1990, with the same titles. Following a reshuffle in February 1991, he was replaced as Minister for Community Services by Eric Ripper, but was additionally made Minister for Lands, Minister for Planning, and Minister for Local Government.[1] Smith lost his ministerial titles after Labor's defeat at the 1993 election, but remained in parliament until his retirement at the 1996 election.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 David Lawrence Smith – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- 1 2 Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
| Parliament of Western Australia | ||
|---|---|---|
| New creation | Member for Mitchell 1983–1996 |
Succeeded by Dan Sullivan |
| Political offices | ||
| New creation | Minister for Justice 1989–1993 |
Succeeded by Cheryl Edwardes |
| Preceded by Kay Hallahan |
Minister for Community Services 1989–1991 |
Succeeded by Eric Ripper |
| Preceded by Julian Grill |
Minister for the South-West 1989–1993 |
Abolished |
| Preceded by Kay Hallahan |
Minister for Lands 1991–1993 |
Succeeded by George Cash |
| Preceded by Pam Beggs |
Minister for Planning 1991–1993 |
Succeeded by Richard Lewis |
| Preceded by Kay Hallahan |
Minister for Local Government 1991–1993 |
Succeeded by Paul Omodei |