Richard Hawke


Richard Wilson Hawke was a United Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and a farmer and poultry-breeder.

Biography

He won the Kaiapoi electorate in 1928, but was defeated in 1935.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
He died in Papanui, Christchurch aged 75. He was born in Cornwall, England, and had been on the Waimairi County Council.