Researching Jack Smith

He was head of the art department, Hobart Technical College from 1940 to 1970 during which time it was renamed Tasmanian School of Art, a faculty of the University of Tasmania.

He won the Sulman Prize in 1949 for Bush Pastoral, a Mural design for New State Building, Hobart, and (after entering regularly for twenty years) the Archibald Prize in 1963 with a portrait of Professor James McAuley, who was then the chair of the University of Tasmania, and the Rubinstein Prize 1966. Smith also worked as a tutor who taught other artists, including Max Angus, Roger Murphy and Jeff Hook.

The Carington Smith Library in the Centre for the Arts, University of Tasmania is named for him.

Smith signed with the Dodgers in 1955 and rose slowly through their farm system until 1961, when he led the Double-A Southern Association in earned run average (2.09). The following season, he won 17 of 24 decisions in the Triple-A American Association and was named the league's Most Valuable Player. When MLB rosters expanded on September 1, 1962, Smith was added to the Dodgers' pitching staff for the stretch run as they fought furiously for the National League pennant with the San Francisco Giants. With the two teams deadlocked at the end of the regular season, they played a best-of-three tie-breaker series to decide the championship. Smith worked in the first two games and allowed one unearned run and two hits in two full innings pitched, as the Dodgers split those games. San Francisco won the series, however, in Game 3.

Smith started as a member of the Dodgers' early-season 28-man roster, but a poor performance May 3 against the Pittsburgh Pirates resulted in his demotion to Triple-A for the rest of the year. The Braves then acquired him in the 1963 Rule 5 draft, and gave Smith his most extended MLB trial, using him in 22 games out of the bullpen during the 1964 season's first three months. He earned his first big-league victory against the Pirates on April 28 with four innings of one-run relief, and later in the year, on June 12, held the Giants hitless over three innings to gain his second win.

But, following a June 21 relief appearance against the Houston Colt .45s, Smith was sent down to Triple-A Denver, and never returned to the majors. He retired after the 1965 campaign.

In 34 MLB games and 49 innings pitched, he allowed 48 hits and 17 bases on balls. He split four decisions with a career ERA of 4.56, struck out 31 and was credited with one save.

Following his retirement from baseball, Smith became a barber in the Atlanta, Georgia area, first in downtown Atlanta and later near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport before retiring in 2016.

He was first elected to Parliament at the York North riding in the 1945 general election then re-elected in 1949 and 1953. Smith left the House of Commons after his third term, the 22nd Canadian Parliament, and did not seek re-election in 1957.

One of Smith's campaign managers in the 1949 election was Barney Danson, who later became a cabinet minister.

Smith made his debut for Bedfordshire against Cambridgeshire in the 1959 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1959 to 1975, making 128 Minor Counties Championship appearances. He captained Bedfordshire from 1962 to 1973, which included the only two outright titles in their history (1970 and 1972).

He made his List A debut against Northamptonshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup. He made 5 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1973 Gillette Cup. In his 6 List A matches for Bedfordshire, he scored 21 runs at an average of 7.00, with a high score of 8. With the ball, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 50.00, with best figures of 2/41.

He made a single first-class appearance for the Minor Counties against the touring South Africans in 1965. In this match, he took the wickets of Tiger Lance and Denis Lindsay in the South Africans first-innings, for the cost of 52 runs from 22 overs. In the South Africans second-innings he took the wickets of Lindsay and Colin Bland for the cost of 47 runs from 13 overs. The match didn't yield success for him with the bat, with Smith being dismissed for a duck by Norman Crookes in the Minor Counties first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 17 runs by Atholl McKinnon. He also made List A appearances for Minor Counties South, making his debut for the team against Hampshire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 3 further appearances for the team in that competition, the last of which came against Glamorgan. He scored 70 runs in his 4 matches for the team, which came at an average of 23.33, with a high score of 50. This score came on debut against Hampshire. With the ball, he took just a single wicket in his 4 matches, which came at an overall cost of 123 runs.

Smith also played rugby for Bedford as a full-back, making 343 appearances for the club. In 1981, Smith was jailed for four years for insurance fraud.