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

^ "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

[nsw-1] "Mr Richard Stevenson (1832 - 1899)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

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