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Electorates
- MLC North 14 June 1887 (by-election)–21 October 1890
- MLA de Grey 4 December 1890–26 April 1897
Office
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Personal Information |
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4 July 1847 |
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Islington, London, England, United Kingdom |
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2 May 1931 |
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South Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Brethen area, BA section, 0070 grave site |
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April 1865 |
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Son of Reverend Thomas Elliot Richardson, Presbyterian minister and Jane Anderson
Brother of John Elliott Richardson, farmer and politician |
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Married 19 March 1874, Serpentine farm (Congregational) to Ellen Bates Wellard (born circa September 1853 and died 31 December 1929), daughter of John and Ann Woodward
Children: six sons and six daughters
Widowed 31 December 1929 |
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Farmer |
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Worked briefly on Portland Guardian, then on stations
One of seven Shareholders forming Portland Squatting Company, by 1864
Established Pyramid station, George River, 1866
With his brother John Elliot and John Edgar, bought out the other partners, 1869-1872, acquired further runs on the Fortescue; 1876 left manager at Pyramid and moved south to Lowlands, farming and grazing property at Serpentine, but still held NW leases
Formed Murray Squatting Co, 1880, established Yeeda (West Kimberley) then sold in 1883
Purchased Mardie station in Roebourne in which he held an interest for three decades plus numerous other stations |
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Chairman, Northern Road Board several times. First elected 1870s. |
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To WA 1865, arrived April in Cossack on Maria Ross
Bankrupt for a time, 1887
Acquired property in Broomehill, circa 1904
After leaving Parliament, trustee of Agricultural Bank until 1921
Retired to South Perth, 1922
Published Early Memories of the Great Nor’ West’,Perth, 1914 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 169.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 12 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=f1d9ba25-c91c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd |
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Cathie Clement, 'Richardson, Alexander Robert (1847–1931)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/richardson-alexander-robert-8197/text14339, published first in hardcopy 1988, accessed online 11 January 2016. |