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

Early life

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.

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.

After Queensland had separated from New South Wales, Smith was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council on 3 July 1863. Smith was declared insolvent in 1866 and as a consequence resigned from the Council.

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.

After his resignation he became a crown law agent in Ipswich, before his appointment as a land commissioner in the Moreton area.

Personal life

In 1861, Smith married Maria Susanna Stutchbury in Brisbane and together they had one daughter. He died in 1883 and was buried in Ipswich General Cemetery.

References

1. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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. Vol. V, no. 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 2020{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. Ipswich General Anglican "B" Section — Australian Cemeteries. Retrieved 7 March 2015.

• 1819 births
• 1883 deaths
• Burials at Ipswich General Cemetery
• English emigrants to colonial Australia
• Politicians from Leicester
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Council
• 19th-century Australian politicians