Richard Richardson J.P., (c.1825 – 22 September 1913) was a politician in colonial

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, member of the

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. Richardson was born in the

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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

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district of Victoria. In 1874 he entered the Assembly as a member for the

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, 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

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Government from August 1880 to July 1881. Richardson died in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Richard 1820s births 1913 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Presidents of the Board of Land and Works Ministers for agriculture (Victoria) Ministers of railways (Victoria) Commissioners of crown lands and survey (Victoria)