Richard Kilpatrick (4 July 1878 – 12 March 1947) was an Australian politician. He was born at Kanmba near

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to farmer Thomas Kilpatrick and Esther Wilson. He attended state school and then worked on his father's farm before spending two years in

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. On his return he was an auctioneers' agent. In 1907 he married Margaret Culleton, with whom he had three daughters. From 1913 he was a partner in a stock and station agency based in

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, which later expanded to have branches across northern

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. He moved to Shepparton, where the Great Depression took many of his northern branches. In 1928 he was elected to the

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for Northern Province, representing the Country Party. He served until his retirement in 1946. Kilpatrick died in Shepparton in 1947.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kilpatrick, Richard 1878 births 1947 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Australian stock and station agents