David Smith (Western Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Smith (Western Australian politician)

Western Australian politician

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1943

Place of Birth: Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About David Smith (Western Australian politician)

  • 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.
  • He attended Marist Brothers’ St Francis Xavier’s boys school in Bunbury and St Ildephonsus college in New Norcia.
  • After graduating from highschool he and studied law at the University of Western Australia.
  • 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.
  • Smith served on the City of Bunbury council from 1979 to 1983, before being elected to the seat of Mitchell at the 1983 state election.
  • 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.
  • Smith lost his ministerial titles after Labor's defeat at the 1993 election, but remained in parliament until his retirement at the 1996 election.

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