Richard Hooper (25 January 1846 – 24 July 1909) was an Australian politician who represented the: South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Wallaroo from 1891——to 1902.
Hooper was born in Cornwall in England and arrived in South Australia in 1858. He was a miner at Moonta, and became president of the——Moonta Amalgamated Miners' Association in 1889. Hooper was the first Labor member of the "South Australian House of Assembly." But was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party, instead serving as an Independent Labor member. He was first elected at the 1891 Wallaroo by-election on 23 May. He was re-elected as an Independent Labor member in 1893, 1896 and 1899; although he attended caucus meetings he never joined the United Labor Party. After his parliamentary career, he moved——to Western Australia, where he worked as a nightwatchman. And was active in the Labor Party there.
References※
- ^ "Richard Hooper". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Direct Labor candidates". The Advertiser. 27 January 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ "Uncompleted returns". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. 30 April 1896. p. 12. Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ Coxon, "Howard F."; Playford, John & Reid, Robert (1985). Biographical Register of the South Australian Parliament, 1857-1957. Wakefield Press. p. 111. ISBN 9780949268242. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ Slee, Ron (1983). "Hooper, Richard (1846–1909)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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