Richard Rouse (politician)

Richard Rouse (2 January 1842 – 2 March 1903) was an Australian politician.

Not to be confused with Richard Rouse (Australian colonial settler).

He was born at Guntawang near Mudgee to pastoralist Edwin Rouse and Hannah Hipkins. He was educated at Parramatta and subsequently managed his father's 4,000-acre property on the Cudgegong River, which he inherited in 1862. On 25 July 1865 he married Charlotte Emily Barnard, with whom he had four children. He was an alderman at Gulgong, serving as mayor in 1876 and from 1899 to 1903. In 1876 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Mudgee, but he was defeated in 1877. He won the 1879 by-election by a single vote, but this result was overturned by the Committee of Elections and Qualifications. No reasons were published however The Sydney Morning Herald stated that it appeared that the majority of Mr Rouse was created by illegal voting.[1] Rouse died at Guntawang in 1903.[2]

Rouse was the grandson of Richard Rouse, a Colonial public servant and early settler.[3]

References

1. "The Committee of Elections and Qualifications". The Sydney Morning Herald. 21 March 1879. p. 5. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Mr Richard Rouse (1842-1903)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
3. Lenehan, Marjorie. "Rouse, Richard (1842–1903)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 12 July 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Stephen Goold	Member for Mudgee 1876–1877	Succeeded by John Robertson
Preceded by John Robertson	Member for Mudgee 1879	Succeeded by David Buchanan