Political Career
In 2006, Smith received Liberal Party preselection over Pru Goward for the seat of Epping to replace retiring Liberal MP, Andrew Tink. Smith was elected as the Member for Epping at the 2007 state election.
Smith voiced his opposition to a relationships register, passed by the NSW parliament in May, 2010. The register gave recognition to unmarried couples, opposite-sex and same-sex couples. Smith said: "The passing of this bill will be another increment in the undermining and destruction of marriage and the traditional family." NSW Attorney-General John Hatzistergos said that Smith had previously objected to putting same-sex couples on the same level as heterosexual couples.
Following the 2011 state election, Smith was appointed Attorney General and Minister for Justice in the O'Farrell–Stoner coalition government.
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