John Thomas Smith (28 May 1816 – 30 January 1879) was an Australian politician and seven times Mayor of Melbourne.
Early life Smith was born at Sydney, the son of John Smith, a Scottish shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth, née Biggs.Jill Eastwood, 'Smith, John Thomas (1816 - 1879)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol. 6, MUP, 1976, pp 150-151. Retrieved 29 January 2010 He was educated under William Timothy Cape. Smith was apprenticed at 14 years of age to Beaver & Co., builders and joiners, but this was cancelled in 1833. Smith took over the Adelphi Hotel, Flinders Lane, in July 1841 from his brother-in-law Robert Brettagh, and in 1844 replaced Brettagh as licensee of St John's Tavern, Queen Street, adjacent the Queen's Theatre, built for him by Charles Laing.
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