Richter, Harold

Personal

Richter, Harold
Birth Date: 17 January 1906 (Ipswich, Queensland)
Death Date: 18 June 1979 (Coorparoo, Queensland)
Parents: Federick Richter and Pauline (nee Raeck)
Family: Gladys B James on 21 January 1933, 2 sons, 2 daughters
Education: Teviotville State; Ipswich Grammar School
Religion: Uniting Church

Career

Farmer, Teviotville; Proprietor of an Ipswich agricultural, manufacturing and engineering business

Local Government Service: Chairman, Boonah Shire Council, 1943 to 1947
Party Positions:
  1. Vice-President, Queensland Country Party. 1951 - 1955
  2. President, Queensland Country Party. 1956 - 1960

Parliamentary Representation

House Party Electorate From To Elected/Departure Reason
Assembly CP Somerset 3 Aug 1957 27 May 1972 Did not contest

Parliamentary Service

Description From To
Minister for Local Government and Conservation 26 Sep 1963 29 May 1969
Minister for Public Works and Local Government 4 May 1961 26 Sep 1963

Additional Information

Notes: Interests include bowls. Executive member, Queensland Chamber of Agricultural Societies; President, Boonah Show Society (13 years); Past President, Boonah Rotary Club
Sources: Image sourced from 'Three Decades of Queensland Political History 1929-1960' by Clem Lack, 1962; Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Legge, JS, 'Who's Who in Australia', XIXth Edition, 1968, (Melbourne, Vic: The Herald and Weekly Times Limited)
[Last Modified: Wednesday, 23 August 2017]