Richard Edwards (Australian politician)

Richard Edwards
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Oxley
In office
30 March 1901  23 April 1913
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by James Sharpe
Personal details
Born 1842
Montgomeryshire, Wales
Died 29 October 1915 (aged 7273)
Nationality Welsh Australian
Political party Protectionist (190106)
Anti-Socialist (190609)
Liberal (190913)
Occupation Businessman

Richard Edwards (1842 29 October 1915) was an Australian politician. Born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, he migrated to Australia in 1862, becoming first a goldminer in Victoria and then a shopkeeper in Brisbane. He invested in both sugar and newspapers. In the first federal election in 1901, Edwards was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the member for Oxley; although there was no protectionist organisation in Queensland, he described himself as such and sat with the Protectionist Party in Parliament. In 1906, he defected to the Anti-Socialist Party; after the fusion of 1909, he was a Liberal member. He retired in 1913, becoming a businessman, publisher and philanthropist.[1]

Edwards died in 1915 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  2. Edwards, Richard Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
New seat
Member for Oxley
1901 1913
Succeeded by
James Sharpe



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