Robert Adam Ritchie (18 October 1836 – 16 August 1891) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was born atPaisley inRenfrewshire to dyer John Ritchie and Barbara Henderson. In 1848 his family followed his elder brother toSydney, and Ritchie worked at a woodmill inParramatta managed by his father. He spent eighteen months at theTuron goldfields before becoming an apprentice blacksmith. In 1857 he took over the family business, and opened a new branch atWickham, also merging with aClyde-based firm. He retired from the business in 1884. On 25 March 1859 he married Jemima Fergus Douglas, with whom he had four children. After her death he remarried Clara Henderson, her sister, and had a further seven children.[1]
A Parramatta alderman, Ritchie was elected to theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1889 as the member forCentral Cumberland. AFree Trader, he was re-elected in 1891 but died atAuburn shortly afterwards.[2]
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| Preceded by | Member forCentral Cumberland 1889–1891 With:Frank Farnell John Nobbs John Linsley /David Dale | Succeeded by |
