Richard Watson Walker McCoy (7 November 1863 – 17 April 1942) was an Australian politician. He was born at Redfern to boot manufacturer Richard McCoy and Anne King. He attended

Fort Street Public School : ''For the secondary / high school of similar name see Fort Street High School.'' Fort Street Public School (abbreviated as FSPS) is a government co-educational primary school located in Millers Point, New South Wales, Millers Point, a suburb of ...

and

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, leaving at fifteen to work for the Oriental Bank Corporation. He completed his education privately and in 1881 was articled a solicitor's clerk. Admitted as a solicitor in 1887, he and his brother established McCoy and McCoy (later

McCoy, Grove & Atkinson McCoy, Grove & Atkinson was an Australian commercial law firm. It was established in 1887 in Marrickville, New South Wales, by Richard McCoy and soon after moved to Castlereagh Street, Sydney. The name of McCoy, Grove & Atkinson was adopted in ...

), and he was also an alderman at

Marrickville Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Marrickville is located south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the largest suburb in the Inner West Council local gove ...

from 1894 to 1896, serving as mayor for the final year of his term. In 1901 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

. He served until his retirement in 1910. McCoy died in

Wahroonga Wahroonga is a suburb in the North Shore (Sydney)#Upper North Shore, Upper North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, 18 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia ...

in 1942.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCoy, Richard 1863 births 1942 deaths Lawyers from Sydney Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Mayors of Marrickville