Richard Hooper (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Hooper (Australian politician)

Australian miner, trade unionist and politician

Date of Birth: 04-May-1846

Place of Birth: Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1909

Profession: politician, miner, trade unionist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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.