[1] Smith was an officeholder in the ALP's West Launceston branch and was a delegate to the party's state council from 1987.
[3] In parliament, Smith served on the House standing committees on community affairs and employment, education and training.
[1] In 1997, she ran for and was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council electorate of Windermere as an Independent Labor candidate.
She served for one six-year term before being defeated by conservative independent Ivan Dean, at the 2003 periodic elections.
[2] Smith died on 6 March 2020, aged 80, having been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease 15 years earlier.