Richard James Warren (12 March 1869 – 5 August 1940) was a member of the

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. He was born at Barkstead, a small town near Ballarat in

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, the son of Humphrey Warren and his wife Fanny (née Eldridge). He was a wheat farmer and pastoralist in New South Wales and Chinchilla in Queensland. In 1915 he was with the 26th Battalion of the

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and was discharged due to sickness during the Gallipoli Campaign. Warren married Louisa JefferyFamily history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 5 June 2016. in 1898 in Sydney. Louisa died in 1927 and the next year he married Maude Ellen Parry in Brisbane. Warren died in Brisbane in 1940 and was buried in the

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.Deceased Search
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

Public career

Warren, at first representing the National Party, won the seat of Murrumba at the

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, easily defeating the

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candidate. He also represented the Country Party, United Party, and finally the

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during his time in the parliament. He went on to be the member for Murrumba until his retirement from politics at the 1932 state election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Richard James Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1869 births 1940 deaths Burials at Toowong Cemetery National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Colony of Victoria people