Richard Hartley Smith Abbott (1859 – 28 February 1940) was an Australian politician.
Born in
Bendigo
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,
Victoria
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, he was educated at Bendigo High School and then at the
University of St Andrews
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in
Scotland
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. He became a businessman, especially in tanning, building societies and gas companies. He served on
Strathfieldsaye Council, and in 1907 was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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The presiding ...
, serving until 1913. Having served as Mayor of
Bendigo City Council in 1917, he returned to the Council 1922-1928 for the
Country Party.
On 18 October 1928, he was appointed to the
Australian Senate
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to fill the remainder of
federal Country Party Senator
David Andrew's term (Andrew had chosen not to contest the
1928 election, but had died before his term expired). Thus Abbott served until the expiry of Andrew's term on 30 June 1929. He became a businessman, and died in 1940.
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National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian Senate for Victoria
Members of the Australian Senate
National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
1859 births
1940 deaths
20th-century Australian politicians
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