Richard Joseph Smith

Richard Smith
Richard Smith
Member of the New South Wales Legislative 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(s)	Maria Susanna Stutchbury (m.1861 d.1888)
Occupation	Business owner, Commissioner of Crown Lands

Richard Joseph Smith (1819 – 15 November 1883) was a member of both the New South Wales Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Council.[1]

Early life

Memorial tablet erected to Smith's honour in S Paul's Church, Ipswich

Smith was born at Leicester, England in 1819 to Richard Smith and arrived in New South Wales as a young boy around 1824. By 1845 he had travelled to Brisbane and established the Kangaroo Point Boiling Down Works, the Marie Boiling Down Works and a Sawmill.[1]

Politics

Smith 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

The 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

In 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

"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. V (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 2020CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Ipswich General Anglican "B" Section — Australian Cemeteries. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

New South Wales Legislative Council
Preceded by Francis Bigge	Member for Pastoral Districts of Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett & Maranoa Mar 1853 – Feb 1856	Council replaced

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[qp-1] "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

[Richard_Smith_NSW_Parl-2] "Mr Richard Joseph Smith (1819-1883)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[3] "QUEENSLAND VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS". The North Australian, Ipswich And General Advertiser. V (253). Queensland, Australia. 1 June 1860. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2020 – via Trove.

[4] 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 2020CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[igc-5] Ipswich General Anglican "B" Section — Australian Cemeteries. Retrieved 7 March 2015.