Edwin Wallis-Smith

Eddie Wallis-Smith
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Tablelands
In office 1 June 1963 – 27 May 1972
Preceded by	Tom Gilmore, Sr.
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook
In office 27 May 1972 – 7 December 1974
Preceded by	Bill Wood
Succeeded by	Eric Deeral
Personal details
Born	Edwin Wallis-Smith 3 January 1908 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Died	14 March 1988 (aged 80) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	ALP
Spouse(s)	Edna Elizabeth Langusch (m.1937), Ruth Gibson (m.1951)
Occupation	Locomotive driver
Religion	Church of England

Edwin Wallis-Smith (3 January 1908 - 14 March 1988) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

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.^[1] From 1941 to 1946 he joined the 2/15 Australian Field Ambulance where he was discharged at the rank of sergeant.^[2]

On the 23rd January 1937 he married Edna Elizabeth Langusch. He married for a second time in 1951, this time to Ruth Gibson and together had one daughter.^[1] He died in Brisbane in March 1988.^[1]

Public life

Wallis-Smith, representing the ALP, 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.^[1]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
2. SMITH, EDWIN — World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 22 April 2016.