Dick Meagher

Dick Meagher
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

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.