Jack Richardson (politician)
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Jack Frederick Richardson (born 23 September 1921 died 3rd June 2011) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for 6 months in 1952-3 and a member of the Australian Labor Party
.
Richardson was born in Ashfield, New South Wales
. He was the son of a railway employee and was educated at the Law School of the University of Sydney
. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1952. During the Second World War, Richardson served with the Royal Australian Air Force
in an anti-aircraft battery between 1941 and 1945. Richardson was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for Ashfield
at the 1952 by-election caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal member Athol Richardson
who had accepted a position as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
.He lost the seat at the state election held in 1953
. He did not hold ministerial, parliamentary or party office and retired from public life. He married Roma Bezant Conlon in 1956 and she died in 1981. He had an only daughter Ann Frances born in 1958. In 1982 He married Diana, Baroness von Kohorn zu Kornegg. She was the granddaughter of former premier John Storey
.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
for 6 months in 1952-3 and a member of the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
.
Richardson was born in Ashfield, New South Wales
Ashfield, New South Wales
Ashfield is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Ashfield is about 9 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Ashfield.The official name for the...
. He was the son of a railway employee and was educated at the Law School of the University of Sydney
University of Sydney
The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1952. During the Second World War, Richardson served with the Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
The Royal Australian Air Force is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF was formed in March 1921. It continues the traditions of the Australian Flying Corps , which was formed on 22 October 1912. The RAAF has taken part in many of the 20th century's major conflicts...
in an anti-aircraft battery between 1941 and 1945. Richardson was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for Ashfield
Electoral district of Ashfield
Ashfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of Canterbury, and named after the Sydney suburb of Ashfield. It was abolished in 1920, with the...
at the 1952 by-election caused by the resignation of the sitting Liberal member Athol Richardson
Athol Richardson
Athol Railton Richardson OBE, QC was an Australian politician and judge. Richardson represented the Electoral district of Ashfield for the United Australia Party and the Liberal Party of Australia from 26 March 1938 until 5 February 1952.-Early life:Richardson was born to parents Stephen Arthur...
who had accepted a position as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales...
.He lost the seat at the state election held in 1953
New South Wales state election, 1953
The 1953 New South Wales state election was held on 14 February 1953. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution...
. He did not hold ministerial, parliamentary or party office and retired from public life. He married Roma Bezant Conlon in 1956 and she died in 1981. He had an only daughter Ann Frances born in 1958. In 1982 He married Diana, Baroness von Kohorn zu Kornegg. She was the granddaughter of former premier John Storey
John Storey (politician)
John Storey was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales from 12 April 1920 until his sudden death in Sydney...
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