Bruce Smith (Australian politician)

The Honourable
Bruce Smith
KC
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Parkes
In office
29 March 1901 – 13 December 1919
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byCharles Marr
Personal details
Born(1851-06-28)28 June 1851
Rotherhithe, England
Died14 August 1937(1937-08-14) (aged 86)
Bowral, New South Wales
PartyFree Trade (1901–06)
Anti-Socialist (1906–09)
Liberal (1909–17)
Nationalist (1917–19)
Independent (1919)
RelativesEdmund Smith (brother)
OccupationBarrister
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Arthur Bruce Smith KC (28 June 1851 – 14 August 1937), commonly referred to as A. Bruce Smith, 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.

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