Donald Smith Wallace

For persons of a similar name, see Donald Wallace (disambiguation).

Donald Smith Wallace (10 August 1844 - 27 May 1900) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

He represented the Queensland electorate of Clermont from 7 September 1883 to 5 May 1888.^[2] He subsequently served in the Victorian Legislative Council for South Western Province from 1889 to 1894.

He was a pastoralist and racehorse owner.^[3]

Notable achievements

He was the winner of the Melbourne Cup twice: in 1888 with his horse Mentor and in 1890 with his most famous horse Carbine.^[2][4]

References

1. "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Queensland Parliament". Wallace, Donald Smith. Queensland Parliament. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
3. "MR. DONALD WALLACE". The Australasian. Vol. LXVIII, no. 1783. Victoria, Australia. 2 June 1900. p. 17. Retrieved 17 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "Australian Dictionary of Biography". Wallace, Donald Smith (1844–1900). National Centre of Biography. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.