| 词条 | Edward Metcalf Smith |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Edward Metcalf Smith |honorific-suffix = |image = Edward Metcalf Smith, ca 1900.jpg |alt = portrait of a man |caption = Edward Metcalf Smith in ca 1900 | constituency_MP = New Plymouth | parliament = New Zealand | majority = | term_start = 1890 | term_end = 1896 | predecessor = Oliver Samuel | successor = In abeyance until 1928 | constituency_MP2 = Taranaki | parliament2 = New Zealand | majority2 = | term_start2 = 1899 | term_end2 = 1907 | predecessor2 = Henry Brown | successor2 = Henry Okey |birth_date = {{birth date|1839|01|10|df=y}} |birth_place = Bradley, Staffordshire, England |death_date = {{death date and age|1907|04|19|1839|01|10|df=y}} |death_place = New Plymouth, New Zealand |resting_place = |spouse = |relations = Sydney George Smith (son) |party = Liberal Party }} Edward Metcalf Smith (10 January 1839 – 19 April 1907) was an armourer and Liberal Party politician in New Zealand, and an advocate of the development of Taranaki's ironsand and oil. Early lifeSmith was born on 10 January 1839, in Fenny Compton Warwickshire, England. His father Charles METCALF was an Agricultural Labourer, and his mother was Maria Joiner. He was orphaned by the age of 15. He worked, as a youth, in the iron and steel industry in Staffordshire, probably at Bradley Hill Ironworks and in Cradley Heath, then joined gun makers Hollis in Birmingham, England . He became an apprentice at the new Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield Lock, and also had some connection with the Royal Woolwich Arsenal, London. When qualified, he was sent on short term assignment as Garrison Armourer and Small Arms Inspector to the New Zealand field forces. He arrived in Auckland, New Zealand in 1861 on the African, and was based at Fort Britomart in Auckland,New Zealand.[1] He married Mary Ann Golding on 24 December 1861 in Auckland. She was the daughter of the army officer Nicholas Golding.[1] His wife was born in March 1846 and was thus 15 years old when she married.[2] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}}{{NZ parlbox|electorate=New Plymouth |start=1890 |end=1893 |term=11th |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=New Plymouth |start=1893 |end=1896 |term=12th |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox break}}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=Taranaki |start=1899 |end=1902 |term=14th |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=Taranaki |start=1902 |end=1905 |term=15th |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox |electorate=Taranaki |start=1905 |end=1907 |term=16th |party=New Zealand Liberal Party }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Smith served as an member of parliament in the House of Representatives, representing the New Plymouth electorate from 1890 for two terms until the abeyance of that electorate in 1896.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|pp=235, 268}} In the {{NZ election link|1896}}, he contested the {{NZ electorate link|Taranaki}} electorate, but was beaten by the saw miller Henry Brown.[3] At the {{NZ election link|1899}}, he beat Brown,[4] and represented the Taranaki electorate until his death in 1907.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=235}} Smith was one of the characters of the house, known for misplacing aspirates and for concluding speeches with his own verse. He became known as 'Ironsand Smith', lamenting the "hiron hores lying on the beach and never a man to work them", and for introducing himself as "Hi ham He Hem Smith. Hem Haitch Har" (translation: I am E M Smith, MHR). Apparently a buffoon, he was a hardworking member, and Seddon often had him follow—and deflate—serious-minded opposition debaters. His attire—a frock-coat, wide waistcoat with buttonhole, and out-of-doors a Tam o' Shanter—was unconventional.{{sfn|Hamer |1988 |pp=197, 366}} IronsandDue to his background, Smith was interested in utilising Taranaki's ironsand. He announced in 1868 that he would experiment with extracting the iron for smelting. In 1873, the partners moved to industrial production. The venture never made any profits and the company was wound up in 1881.[1] Many people lost money with ironsand ventures, including Julius Vogel.[5] DeathOn 19 April 1907, Smith died from injuries he received from a fall from a railway carriage in New Plymouth. He was survived by his seven sons, three daughters, and his wife Mary Ann.[1] Smith's son, Sydney George Smith followed in his political footsteps and became the MP for Taranaki in {{By-election link year|Taranaki|1918}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=235}} Mary Ann Smith lived to see her son enter Parliament; she died on 31 August 1923 in New Plymouth.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 {{DNZB|Lambert|Ron |2s31|Smith, Edward Metcalf|21 July 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web |last=Bint |first=Tom |title=The Bint Family of New Zealand |url= http://www.bint-family.com/catherine.htm |publisher=Bint Family of Berkshire |accessdate=20 July 2012}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=The General Election |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18961223.2.28.9 |accessdate=9 January 2014 |work=Auckland Star |date=23 December 1896 |volume=XXVII |issue=305 |page=6}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Personal Matters |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19210314.2.85 |accessdate=21 July 2012 |work=The Evening Post |date=14 March 1921 |volume=CI |issue=62 |page=8}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=The Saga of New Zealand Steel |url= http://www.techhistory.co.nz/IronSands/Iron1.htm |publisher=Techhistory |accessdate=20 July 2012}} References{{Commons category|Edward Metcalf Smith}}
|-{{s-bef | before = Henry Brown}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Taranaki | years = 1899–1907 }}{{s-aft | after = Henry Okey }}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Edward Metcalf}} 13 : 1839 births|1907 deaths|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|New Zealand Liberal Party MPs|People from New Plymouth|English emigrants to New Zealand|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1896 New Zealand general election|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1884 New Zealand general election|New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates|People from Stratford-on-Avon District|19th-century New Zealand politicians|20th-century New Zealand politicians |
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