Richard Richardson (Australian politician)

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Richard Richardson J.P., (c.1825 – 22 September 1913){{cite re-member |num2=803 |name=Richardson, Richard |access-date=27 August 2022}} was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

Richardson was born in the Tyneside district, England, and have embraced the profession of a civil engineer, he went to Victoria in 1852, and was for some time in the Roads and Bridges department of the Government service. After spending a year or two in Sydney, he, in 1854, settled as a farmer in the Creswick district of Victoria.{{cite Australasia|Richardson, Hon. Richard}} In 1874 he entered the Assembly as a member for the Electoral district of Creswick, and held the seat till 1886 when he was defeated at the general election. He was, however, re-elected when the district was resized to a single-member electorate in 1889. Mr. Richardson, who was a Liberal and Protectionist, was Minister of Lands and Agriculture in the third Graham Berry Government from August 1880 to July 1881.

Richardson died in Newlyn, Victoria.