Richard Kilpatrick

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Richard Kilpatrick (4 July 1878 – 12 March 1947) was an Australian politician.

He was born at Kanmba near Echuca to farmer Thomas Kilpatrick and Esther Wilson. He attended state school and then worked on his father's farm before spending two years in Queensland. On his return he was an auctioneers' agent. In 1907 he married Margaret Culleton, with whom he had three daughters. From 1913 he was a partner in a stock and station agency based in Numurkah, which later expanded to have branches across northern Victoria.[1] He moved to Shepparton, where the Great Depression took many of his northern branches. In 1928 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Northern Province, representing the Country Party. He served until his retirement in 1946. Kilpatrick died in Shepparton in 1947.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Hon. Richard Kilpatrick". Cobram Courier. 28 March 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  2. ^ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Kilpatrick, Richard". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
Victorian Legislative Council
Preceded by Member for Northern
1928–1946
Served alongside: George Tuckett
Succeeded by