Richard Stevenson (Australian politician)

Richard Stevenson (1832 14 May 1899) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born at Egham in Surrey, and after working in a printing house arrived in New South Wales in 1851, where he joined the Sydney Morning Herald. He left the Herald in 1861, and around 1862 married Louise Whitehouse at Grafton; they had no children. In 1886 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Wollombi. He represented the seat, generally as a Protectionist, until 1894, when it was abolished and he transferred to Northumberland. He was defeated in 1895 but elected again in 1898. Stevenson died at Putty in 1899.[1]

References

  1. "Mr Richard Stevenson (1832 - 1899)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Lyall Scott
Member for Wollombi
1886–1894
Abolished
Preceded by
Alfred Edden
Ninian Melville
Thomas Walker
Member for Northumberland
1894–1895
Succeeded by
Henry Wheeler
Preceded by
Henry Wheeler
Member for Northumberland
1898–1899
Succeeded by
John Norton
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