The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameSydney George Smith 
Birth19 Jan 1879
Death21 May 1943
BurialTe Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
OccupationNew Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and then the National Party
FatherEdward Metcalf Smith (1839-1907)
MotherMary Ann Golding (1846-1923)
Misc. Notes
Name from birth search of son on New Zealand BDM website in May 2020:
1906/13784. Smith, Edward George. Mother: Elsie Rose. Father: Sydney George
Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2020:
1901/5323. Bride: Elsie Rose Herbert. Groom: Sydney George Smith
Full date of marriage of 19 November 1901 from further searching in May 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Date and place of birth and death, occupation, place of marriage to Elsie, second marriage details, from:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196999075
Sydney George Smith (19 January 1879 – 21 May 1943), known to his friends as Sid, was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and then the National Party, and a cabinet minister. Smith was born in New Plymouth in 1879.
His parents were Edward Metcalf Smith and Mary Ann Golding.
On 19 November 1901, he married Elsie Rose Herbert (known as Rose) at St Mary's Church in New Plymouth. They had three children: Rosa Maud (b. 1902), Ethel Mary (b. 1905), and Edward George (b. 1906). His wife died on 3 April 1913, aged 35.
Smith remarried on 25 February 1915, to Catherine (Kate) Bint, again at St Mary's Church. He had a further three children from his second marriage: Raymond Sydney (1916–1944), Harry Allman (1918–1998), and Lorna Hazel (b. 1922).
He worked in the New Zealand Railways for 20 years, and for 13 years held office in the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. He was on the New Plymouth Borough Council. Smith successfully contested the Taranaki electorate in a by-election in 1918 (following the death of Henry Okey) as an Independent Labour candidate. He was confirmed at the 1919 election, and in 1922 election successfully stood as a Liberal Labour candidate. In 1925 he stood unsuccessfully for New Plymouth for the Liberal Party. He was successful in 1928 and returned to Parliament for the United Party until he was defeated at the 1938 election by Labour candidate Frederick Frost.
Smith was Minister of Labour and Minister of Mines in the United Government from 28 May 1930 to 22 September 1931. He was Minister of Education in the United/Reform Coalition from 22 November 1934 to 6 December 1935. He was also Chairman of Committees from 11 December 1928 to 28 May 1930, and again from 27 October 1931 to 12 February 1935.
In 1935, Smith was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
1906/13784. Smith, Edward George. Mother: Elsie Rose. Father: Sydney George
Year and country of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2020:
1901/5323. Bride: Elsie Rose Herbert. Groom: Sydney George Smith
Full date of marriage of 19 November 1901 from further searching in May 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Date and place of birth and death, occupation, place of marriage to Elsie, second marriage details, from:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196999075
Sydney George Smith (19 January 1879 – 21 May 1943), known to his friends as Sid, was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and then the National Party, and a cabinet minister. Smith was born in New Plymouth in 1879.
His parents were Edward Metcalf Smith and Mary Ann Golding.
On 19 November 1901, he married Elsie Rose Herbert (known as Rose) at St Mary's Church in New Plymouth. They had three children: Rosa Maud (b. 1902), Ethel Mary (b. 1905), and Edward George (b. 1906). His wife died on 3 April 1913, aged 35.
Smith remarried on 25 February 1915, to Catherine (Kate) Bint, again at St Mary's Church. He had a further three children from his second marriage: Raymond Sydney (1916–1944), Harry Allman (1918–1998), and Lorna Hazel (b. 1922).
He worked in the New Zealand Railways for 20 years, and for 13 years held office in the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. He was on the New Plymouth Borough Council. Smith successfully contested the Taranaki electorate in a by-election in 1918 (following the death of Henry Okey) as an Independent Labour candidate. He was confirmed at the 1919 election, and in 1922 election successfully stood as a Liberal Labour candidate. In 1925 he stood unsuccessfully for New Plymouth for the Liberal Party. He was successful in 1928 and returned to Parliament for the United Party until he was defeated at the 1938 election by Labour candidate Frederick Frost.
Smith was Minister of Labour and Minister of Mines in the United Government from 28 May 1930 to 22 September 1931. He was Minister of Education in the United/Reform Coalition from 22 November 1934 to 6 December 1935. He was also Chairman of Committees from 11 December 1928 to 28 May 1930, and again from 27 October 1931 to 12 February 1935.
In 1935, Smith was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
Spouses
Birth15 Feb 1878, New Zealand
Death3 Apr 1913
FatherGeorge Henry Herbert (1835-1902)
MotherAnn Wills (1853-1919)
Marriage19 Nov 1901, St Mary’s Church, New Plymouth, New Zealand
BirthJul 1892, Tarata, Taranaki, New Zealand
Marriage25 Feb 1915, St Mary’s Church, New Plymouth, New Zealand