Robert Richards (Australian politician)

For other people named Robert Richards, see Robert Richards (disambiguation).

The Honourable Robert Richards
32nd Premier of South Australia
In office 13 February 1933 – 18 April 1933
Monarch	George V
Governor	Earl of Gowrie
Preceded by	Lionel Hill
Succeeded by	Richard L. Butler
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
In office 1 April 1938 – 22 November 1949
Preceded by	Andrew Lacey
Succeeded by	Mick O'Halloran
Deputy Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
In office 22 June 1934 – 1 April 1938
Preceded by	party merged
Leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party of South Australia
In office 13 February 1933 – 22 June 1934
Preceded by	Lionel Hill
Succeeded by	party merged
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Wallaroo
In office 6 April 1918 – 22 November 1949
Preceded by	John Frederick Herbert
Succeeded by	Hughie McAlees
Minister of Irrigation and Repatriation
In office 13 February 1933 – 18 April 1933
Preceded by	Stanley Whitford
Succeeded by	Malcolm McIntosh
Other Cabinet Posts Minister of Labour & Employment In office 12 November 1931 – 13 February 1933 Preceded by office established Succeeded by Frank Staniford Minister of Mines Minister of Marine In office 30 October 1930 – 18 April 1933 Preceded by Stanley Whitford Succeeded by Herbert Hudd Commissioner of Crown Lands In office 17 April 1930 – 18 April 1933 Preceded by George Jenkins Succeeded by Malcolm McIntosh
Personal details
Born	(1885-05-31)31 May 1885 Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Died	24 April 1967(1967-04-24) (aged 81) Moonta, South Australia, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party (SA)

Robert Stanley Richards (31 May 1885 – 24 April 1967) was the 32nd Premier of South Australia, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

Early life

Born in Moonta Mines, South Australia, the youngest of twelve children to Cornish miner Richard Richards and his wife Mary, Richards was locally educated before leaving school at age 13 to work in the Moonta mines, initially in menial jobs and later as a carpenter. In his early twenties Richards moved to Burnie, Tasmania to manage a copper mine before returning to Moonta, where he married Ada Dixon on 31 January 1914.

Politics

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Death

Afflicted by diabetes, Richards nonetheless lived long enough to see a Labor government returned to South Australia (under the leadership of Premier Frank Walsh) in 1965. He died in Moonta two years later, and received a state funeral.

Family

Richards married Ada Maude Dixon (ca.1883 – 20 July 1948), whose sisters married S. R. Whitford and Oswald Pryor, on 31 January 1914. Their children included two daughters: Joyce and Kathlean.

References

• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• Election of Andrew Lacey as Leader (Trove)
• Election as Leader (Trove)
• [1] Archived 12 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine Resignation from Parliament (SA Parliament)

External links

• "Richards, Robert". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.