Bruce Smith | |
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Parkes | |
In office 29 March 1901 – 13 December 1919 | |
Preceded by | New seat |
Succeeded by | Charles Marr |
Personal details | |
Born | Rotherhithe, England | 28 June 1851
Died | 14 August 1937 Bowral, New South Wales | (aged 86)
Nationality | English Australian |
Political party | Free Trade (1901–06) Anti-Socialist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–17) Nationalist (1917–19) Independent (1919) |
Relatives | Edmund Smith (brother) |
Occupation | Barrister |
Arthur Bruce Smith KC (28 June 1851 – 14 August 1937), commonly referred to as A. Bruce Smith,[1] was a long serving Australian politician and leading political opponent of the White Australia policy. He has been described as the most prominent Australian advocate for classical liberalism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.[2]