John Gordon Smith
1863 — 21 June 1921
John Gordon Smith (11‑53‑5/6)
Smith was born in 1863 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son William Smith and Christina Duncan. He married Annie Coles in Brisbane in 1884 and had a son and four daughters. In a varied career, he was a publican in Maryborough, and around 1900 operated a night coffee stall in Queen Street. Smith was known as the ‘Democratic Pieman’. He was also a grand master of the Ancient Order of Foresters and President of the British Associated Friendly Society Dispensaries. Smith was a Member of the Legislative Council from 1920 until his death in Brisbane on the 19 June 1921.