Miles Staniforth Cater Smith (25 February 1869 – 14 January 1934) was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Kingston

Kingston, Victoria

Kingston is a small town in rural Shire of Hepburn in Victoria, Australia. Kingston is located about 15 km from Creswick, just off the Midland Highway and is about 20 km from Daylesford. Kingston's post code is 3364....

, Victoria, he was educated at St Arnaud Grammar School and then the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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 before becoming an engineer. He moved to Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 in 1896, becoming a public servant. He sat on Kalgoorlie Council

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

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, of which he was mayor in 1900, and was a leading federalist

Federation of Australia

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. In 1901, he was elected to the Australian Senate

Australian Senate

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 as a Free Trade

Free Trade Party

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 Senator for Western Australia. He held the seat until his retirement in 1906. He was later involved in the Papua

Papua (Australian territory)

The Territory of Papua comprised the southeastern quarter of the island of New Guinea from 1883 to 1949. It became a British Protectorate in the year 1884, and four years later it was formally annexed as British New Guinea...

n Government Service, where he was Director of Agriculture and Mines. After serving in the military from 1914 to 1918, he served as acting Administrator of the Northern Territory

Administrator of the Northern Territory

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 1919-1921. He continued his involvement with Papua as Commissioner for Crown Lands, Mines and Agriculture. After retiring from government service, he was a farmer at Boyup Brook in Western Australia. Smith died in 1934.