Dick Meagher

Richard Denis Meagher KCSG (11 January 1866 – 17 September 1931) was an Australian solicitor and was the first Labor Lord Mayor of Sydney, serving from 1916 to 1917.

The Honourable
Dick Meagher
KCSG
13th Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
In office
23 December 1913  16 April 1917
Preceded byHenry Morton
Succeeded byJohn Cohen
47th Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office
1 January 1916  31 December 1917
Preceded byRichard Watkins Richards
Succeeded byJames Joynton Smith
Alderman of the Sydney City Council
In office
14 October 1901  1 December 1918
ConstituencyPhillip Ward
In office
2 December 1918  30 November 1921
ConstituencyFlinders Ward
Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales
In office
17 July 1917  23 February 1920
Appointed bySir Gerald Strickland
Personal details
Born
Richard Denis Meagher

(1866-01-11)11 January 1866
Bathurst, Colony of New South Wales
Died17 September 1931(1931-09-17) (aged 65)
Lewisham, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyALP (to 1917)
Independent
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