James Vinton Smith

James Taylor Vinton Smith, MC (3 Nuwamba 1897 - 22 Yuli 1952) ɗan siyasa ne na Australiya. Ya kasance memba na Majalisar Dokokin Victoria na Oakleigh daga 1932 zuwa 1937, na Jam'iyyar United Australia.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haife shi a shekara ta 1897 a Parkside, wani yanki na Adelaide, ga Thomas Ladyman Home Smith da Minerva Mary Daniel. Ya yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta Adelaide, kuma a ranar 25 ga Afrilu 1915, ya shiga Bankin New South Wales a Adelaide a matsayin magatakarda na banki.

 Ayyukan soja 
Vinton Smith ya shiga cikin Sojojin Daular Australiya a Adelaide a ranar 1 ga Fabrairu 1916, kuma an sanya shi a cikin 113th Howitzer Battery na 13th Brigade, tare da shi ya ga aiki a Faransa. Ya kai matsayin Lieutenant a ranar 1 ga Maris 1917. 

A ranar 2 ga Afrilu 1919, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Cross don jaruntaka a lokacin yakin da aka yi a Kogin Selle a watan Oktoba 1918, wanda aka kuma ambaci shi a cikin Despatches . Bayanan ya ce:

 Ayyukan siyasa 
An zabi Vinton Smith a matsayin dan takara don kujerar Oakleigh a Majalisar Dokokin Victoria a Zaben jihar Victoria na 1932. Ko da yake ya haɗa kai da Jam'iyyar United Australia, ba shi ne dan takarar UAP da aka amince da shi ba, kuma ya yi takara a matsayin mai zaman kansa a kan dan takarar hukuma na UAP da kuma dan takarar Labour, memba mai ci Squire Reid. Lokacin da aka kawar da dan takarar UAP, abin da ya fi so na biyu ya ba shi rinjaye a kan Reid, wanda ya lashe kujerar. Duk da cewa ya kayar da dan takarar da aka amince da shi, nan da nan aka shigar da Vinton Smith cikin jam'iyyar UAP a lokacin da aka zabe shi. Vinton Smith - a wannan lokacin da UAP ta amince da shi - ya sake kayar da Reid a Zaben 1935, amma Reid ya sake samun kujerar a 1937.

Vinton Smith ya tsaya takarar zaben tarayya na Corio a 1940, amma ya sha kashi a hannun dan takarar Labour John Dedman.

 Ayyukan kasuwanci 
Bayan barin siyasa, Vinton Smith ya koma bangaren kudi. Ya kafa kamfanin kasuwanci, wanda bayan mutuwarsa aka bar wa abokan kasuwancinsa biyu, W.R. Dougall da F.J. Dean. Kamfanin ya zama sananne da Vinton Smith, Dean & Dougall, kuma daga baya Vinton Smith Dougall, Ltd.

Ya kuma kasance shugaban Edments Holdings Ltd., da kuma darektan kamfanin na F. J. Walker Ltd., Sydney; M. B. John Ltd., masana'antun bawul, Ballarat; Silk and Textile Printers Ltd., Hobart; Modern Permanent Building Society Ltd., Carpet Manufacturers Ltd., Sydney. da sauran kamfanoni da yawa.[1]

 Manazarta 
No. 31680". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 December 1919. p. 15398
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1897