Richard James Lucas (1 November 1837 – 17 July 1916) was a politician in colonial

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. Lucas was born at Kingston, Browns River, Tasmania and was educated at the school of the Rev. John Burrows of

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, and was admitted a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, 2 August 1865. Lucas was elected member of the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House, Hobart, Parliament Hou ...

for Kingborough on 20 January 1883, and again in 1886. Lucas accepted office without portfolio in the James Wilson Agnew Ministry on 25 February 1887, but failed to secure re-election, and the Ministry resigned on 29 March 1887. Lucas died in

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, Tasmania on 17 July 1916.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Richard James 1837 births 1916 deaths Colony of Tasmania people Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly