| 词条 | Richard Edwards (Australian politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Richard Edwards | honorific-suffix = | image = Richard Edwards.jpg | constituency_MP = Oxley | parliament = Australian | majority = | predecessor = New seat | successor = James Sharpe | term_start = 30 March 1901 | term_end = 23 April 1913 | birth_date = 1842 | birth_place = Montgomeryshire, Wales | death_date = {{BirthDeathAge| |1842| | |1915|10|29|yes}} | death_place = | nationality = Welsh Australian | spouse = | party = Protectionist (1901–06) Anti-Socialist (1906–09) Liberal (1909–13) | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = Businessman | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} Richard Edwards (1842 – 29 October 1915) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives. Early lifeRichard Edwards was born in 1842 in Montgomeryshire, Wales. He immigrated to Australia in 1862, becoming first a goldminer in Victoria and then a shopkeeper in Brisbane. He invested in both sugar and newspapers. PoliticsIn 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. Later lifeHe retired from politics in 1913, due to ailing health,[1] becoming a businessman, publisher and philanthropist.[2] Edwards died at his residence Bryntirion on Wickham Terrace on 29 October 1915.[1] He was buried in Toowong Cemetery.[3] LegacyHis drapery store, the Edwards and Chapman Building in Queen Street, Brisbane is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[4] His residence, Bryntirion, is also listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.[5] References1. ^1 {{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20077965|title=HON. RICHARD EDWARDS,|date=30 October 1915|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=18,031|location=Queensland, Australia|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=8 December 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-par|au}}{{succession box | title=Member for Oxley | before=New seat| after=James Sharpe| years=1901 – 1913}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Richard}}{{Australia-politician-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-07-26}} 3. ^[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=143049 Edwards, Richard] — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 2 February 2012. 4. ^{{cite QHR|14914|Sportsgirl|600139|accessdate=1 August 2014}} 5. ^{{cite QHR|14941|Bryntirion|600166|accessdate=1 August 2014}} 9 : Protectionist Party members of the Parliament of Australia|Free Trade Party members of the Parliament of Australia|Commonwealth Liberal Party members of the Parliament of Australia|Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Oxley|Members of the Australian House of Representatives|1842 births|1915 deaths|Burials at Toowong Cemetery|20th-century Australian politicians |
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