Thomas Hyland Smeaton

Thomas Hyland Smeaton (15 July 1857 – 17 October 1927) was an Australian politician and trade unionist.

He served an apprenticeship as a stone cutter then studied architecture at the Glasgow School of Arts under Alexander "Greek" Thomson, then worked for architect Robert McCallam.

He had joined the Labor Party in 1892, and stood, unsuccessfully, for the House of Assembly seat of East Adelaide.

[2] He was then appointed secretary of the South Australian Public Teachers' Union, a position held with distinction until his death in 1927.

He conducted Bible Study classes for men in Adelaide, which, despite an "unpleasant speech impediment"[3] enjoyed considerable popularity.