Sir Richard Kenneth Green (3 December 1907 – 19 March 1961) was an Australian politician and judge. He was born in

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. In 1946 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Launceston, but he resigned in 1950 to take up a seat on the Tasmanian Supreme Court. Green was knighted in 1957 and died in

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in 1961.

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1907 births 1961 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Judges of the Supreme Court of Tasmania Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Australian politicians awarded knighthoods 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub