References
- 1 2 3 4 "Robert Frederick Smith". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria . Retrieved 25 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 Smith, Robert ('Bob') Frederick at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 February 2011)
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Robert Frederick Smith (born 22 May 1948) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2010. [1]
Smith was born in England, and attended St Brendan's Public school 1958–63 and Salisbury High School in Brisbane, Queensland, 1963–65. [2] In 1965 he became a permanent member of the Royal Australian Navy, where he remained until 1980, winning Australian Active Service Medal, Vietnam Logistic & Support Medal and Australian Service Medal. [2] In 1980 Smith became the plant operator of a steel mill. In 1989, he became a union leader. [2]
Smith was elected to the Legislative Council in the 1999 Victorian state election, representing Chelsea Province. [1] When the Legislative Council was reformed in 2006, he won preselection for the third position on the Labor ticket for South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, and was elected. [1] In December 2006 he became President of the Legislative Council. [1] In the 2010 election, Smith ran for a seat in the Western Metropolitan Region but failed to win election.
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