Colonial Treasurer 21.3.1863 - 15.10.1863
(Cowper Ministry No.7 10.1.1861 - 15.10.1863)
Colonial Treasurer 3.2.1865 - 19.10.1865
(Cowper Ministry No.9 3.2.1865 - 21.1.1866)
Born Sydney 1810, ‘a poor friendless boy,’ son of convict and bootmaker Thomas Smart of Pitt Street.
An astute business man, Smart began as a draper in Pitt Street, progressing to auctioneer, estate, land and commission agent in George Street, magistrate, pastoralist with banking and flour-milling interests.
Director of Sydney Railway Co, coal and copper mines. Founding director of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, the Royal Exchange Co, chairman of the Australian Joint Stock Bank and trustee of the Savings Bank of New South Wales. Represented Sydney Hamlets in the Legislative Council 1851-1855. He represented Glebe in the Legislative Assembly in 1860-1869.
Married Mary Anne Oliver Kenyon in 1842, and was survived by his two sons, daughter and three stepchildren.
Died at Mona, Darling Point, Sydney, on 28 May 1881 and buried at St Jude’s Randwick. His probate was sworn at £243,000.
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Last updated: 04/02/2021
