page_title: Sydney George Smith
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Sydney George Smith / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Wedding of Sydney George Smith and Kate Bint. The bridesmaid is Kate's older sister Bertha. For a detailed newspaper clipping, see http://www.bint-family.com/album.htm
context_page_description: Sydney George Smith, known to his friends as Sid, was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and then the National Party, and a cabinet minister.
context_section_description: Smith was born in New Plymouth in 1879. His parents were the MHR Edward Smith and Mary Ann Golding. He enjoyed rugby during his youth, and later became an administrator for the sport for the Taranaki Region.
  On 19 November 1901, he married Elsie Rose Herbert (known as Rose) at St Mary's Church in New Plymouth. She was a daughter of G H Herbert of the Royal Engineers. They had three children: Rosa Maud (b. 1902), Ethel Mary (b. 1905), and Edward George (b. 1906). His wife died on 3 April 1913, aged 35.
  Smith remarried on 25 February 1915, to Catherine (Kate) Bint, again at St Mary's Church. Kate Bint was born in July 1892 at Tarata in Taranaki, some 18 kilometres (11 mi) by road west of Inglewood. He had a further three children from his second marriage: Raymond Sydney (1916–1944), Harry Allman (1918–1998), and Lorna Hazel (b. 1922).
  He worked in the New Zealand Railways for 20 years, and for 13 years held office in the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants.
caption: Smith's second wedding, to Kate Bint, with her sister Bertha as bridesmaid
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