Donald Smith Wallace

{{Short description|Australian politician, pastoralist, and racehorse owner}} {{for|persons of a similar name|Donald Wallace (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}}

'''Donald Smith Wallace''' (10 August 1844 – 27 May 1900) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.<ref name="qpm">{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=13 December 2015}}</ref> alt=Parliament House Queensland|thumb He represented the Queensland electorate of Clermont from 7 September 1883 to 5 May 1888.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3305262873|title=Queensland Parliament|last=|first=|date=16 March 2016|website=Wallace, Donald Smith|publisher=Queensland Parliament|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324051802/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3305262873|url-status=live}}</ref> He subsequently served in the Victorian Legislative Council for South Western Province from 1889 to 1894.

He was a pastoralist and racehorse owner.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139780756|title=MR. DONALD WALLACE|date=2 June 1900|newspaper=The Australasian|issue=1783|location=Victoria, Australia|volume=LXVIII|page=17|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=17 March 2016}}</ref>

== 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wallace-donald-smith-4791|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=|first=|date=16 March 2016|website=Wallace, Donald Smith (1844–1900)|publisher=National Centre of Biography|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323143611/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wallace-donald-smith-4791|url-status=live}}</ref>

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