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,

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, 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

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, 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 1825 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)