Max Smith

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Richard Max Smith (born 22 February 1930) is a former Australian politician. He represented Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1986, first as a member of the Liberal Party and then as an independent.

Smith was born in Gladesville to John Voyle Smith and Doris Ethel Cullen. He was educated at Parramatta High School and then the University of Sydney, and was selected as the youngest member sent to the Duke of Edinburgh's 1956 study conference at Oxford. He became a miner and colliery manager. He worked for Australian Iron and Steel from 1951 to 1962 and was superintendent of Rio Tinto from 1962 to 1967, subsequently serving as consultant mining engineer until 1974. From 1974 to 1978 he was technical and operations director of Coalex. He married Helen on 3 October 1953 and had three children; he subsequently married Sandra Simpson on 28 April 1984, and Janet Lawrence on 15 March 1998.^[1]

When the state Liberal independent, and resigned from parliament altogether in 1986.^[2]

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References

↑ "Mr Richard Max Smith". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for Pittwater". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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Preceded by Bruce Webster	Member for Pittwater 1978–1986	Succeeded by Jim Longley

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[nsw-1] "Mr Richard Max Smith". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[green-2] Green, Antony. "Elections for Pittwater". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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