Richard Joseph Smith (1819 – 15 November 1883) was a member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]
Richard Smith | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| In office 1 March 1853 – 29 February 1856 | |
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 3 July 1863 – 12 June 1866 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Joseph Smith 1819 Leicester, England |
| Died | 1883 (aged 60–61) Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Ipswich General Cemetery |
| Nationality | English Australian |
| Spouse | Maria Susanna Stutchbury (m.1861 d.1888) |
| Occupation | Business owner, Commissioner of Crown Lands |
Early life
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Smith was born at Leicester, England in 1819 to Richard Smith and arrived in New South Wales as a young boy around 1824. By 1847 he had travelled to Brisbane and established a boiling down works at Kangaroo Point. In 1849 he established the Town Marie Boiling Down Works on the Bremer River at Karalee, near Ipswich.[1]
Politics
editSmith became an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council on 1 March 1853, representing the Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, and Maranoa. His term ended on 29 February 1856.[2]
After Queensland had separated from New South Wales, Smith was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 3 July 1863.[1] Smith was declared insolvent in 1866 and as a consequence resigned from the Council.[1]
Civic life
editThe Governor of Queensland appointed Richard Joseph Smith to be First Lieutenant of the Cavalry of the Queensland Volunteer Rifle Corps on 26 May 1860.[3][4]
After his resignation he became a crown law agent in Ipswich, before his appointment as a land commissioner in the Moreton area.[1]
Personal life
editIn 1861, Smith married Maria Susanna Stutchbury in Brisbane and together they had one daughter.[1] He died in 1883[1] and was buried in Ipswich General Cemetery.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "Mr Richard Joseph Smith (1819-1883)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "QUEENSLAND VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS". The North Australian, Ipswich And General Advertiser. Vol. V, no. 253. Queensland, Australia. 1 June 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Pixley, Norman S. (Norman Stewart), d. 1988 (1 January 1949), The military defence force of Queensland, Royal Historical Society of Queensland, p. 254, retrieved 31 July 2020
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ipswich General Anglican "B" Section — Australian Cemeteries. Retrieved 7 March 2015.