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wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life 2 professional career 3 political career toggle political career subsection 3 1 provincial council 3 2 member of the lower house 3 3 minister for public works 3 4 member of the upper house 4 later life 5 references toggle the table of contents edward richardson 2 languages العربية مصرى edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia new zealand engineer and member of parliament for other people named edward richardson see edward richardson disambiguation the honourable edward richardson cmg edward richardson c 1894 4th minister of public works in office 29 october 1872 4 january 1877 preceded by new ministry succeeded by john davies ormond in office 16 september 1884 8 october 1887 member of the new zealand parliament for christchurch west in office 1871 1875 majority 20 member of the new zealand parliament for city of christchurch in office 1876 september 1879 succeeded by george grey in office november 1879 1881 preceded by george grey member of the new zealand parliament for kaiapoi in office 1884 1890 member of the new zealand legislative council in office 1892 1899 personal details born 7 november 1831 1 london england died 26 february 1915 1915 02 26 aged 83 wellington new zealand spouse s margaret née higgins m 1856 61 frances mary elizabeth née corke m 1864 children edward george charles e mr e f sydney mrs eardly reynolds mollie tripe 2 occupation civil mechanical engineer businessman politician runholder edward richardson cmg 7 november 1831 26 february 1915 was a new zealand civil and mechanical engineer and member of parliament born in england he emigrated to australia and continued there as a railway engineer having become a partner in a contracting firm a large project caused him to move to christchurch in new zealand in which country he lived for the rest of his life early life edit lyttelton portal of the lyttelton rail tunnel with construction workers in 1867 england richardson was born in london in 1831 his parents were elizabeth sarah miller and her husband richard richardson a merchant he attended the city of london school 3 australia in 1852 richardson went to melbourne in australia there he married margaret higgins on 13 may 1856 they had two children before margaret died in melbourne in 1861 in his time in australia richardson was also active in the volunteer brigade and became a captain in the horse artillery 3 new zealand in 1861 richardson emigrated to new zealand to carry out the contract of building the lyttelton rail tunnel he married frances mary elizabeth corke at holy trinity avonside on 27 april 1864 3 4 professional career edit england richardson trained as a civil engineer and worked for the london and south western railway l swr he then trained as a mechanical engineer while working for the great southern and western railway gs wr in ireland 3 5 australia in melbourne he first worked for the victorian government in roading and bridge design and then set up a partnership with george holmes to perform general contracting work 3 5 richardson s tunnel allowed passage between lyttelton harbour and the canterbury plains top new zealand the canterbury provincial government had commissioned the construction of the christchurch to lyttelton railway and tunnel but their first contractor smith knight sought a significant additional payment over what had been agreed on which the provincial government did not accept william moorhouse the superintendent i e the elected head of the provincial council at the time and proponent of the project travelled to melbourne to find a new contractor whilst the price submitted by holmes and richardson was the highest of three tenders moorhouse engaged them as he had confidence in their technical ability 3 6 richardson arrived in lyttelton on the prince alfred in 1861 with 35 navvies and sufficient materials and equipment to begin the first stage of the railway between christchurch and ferrymead during 1862 richardson spent time in the european alps to study the latest tunnel construction techniques and equipment on the fréjus rail tunnel project this experience was put to good use during the tunnel construction which was carried out through volcanic rock 3 the tunnel project completed in 1867 was one of the greatest engineering achievements in early new zealand 3 it was the colony s first rail tunnel and the first tunnel in the world to be driven through the side of an extinct volcano 7 8 political career edit provincial council edit richardson was elected onto the 6th canterbury provincial council in may 1870 for the town of lyttelton electorate he was re elected in march 1874 for the 7th and last council and held this role until the abolition of provincial government in october 1876 9 member of the lower house edit new zealand parliament years term electorate party 1871 1876 5th christchurch west independent 1875 1879 6th christchurch independent nov 1879 1881 7th christchurch independent 1884 8th kaiapoi independent 1884 1887 9th kaiapoi independent 1887 1890 10th kaiapoi independent richardson and henry wynn williams stood in the christchurch west electorate in the 1871 election 10 obtaining 234 and 214 votes respectively richardson was thus declared elected 11 in the 1875 election he contested the city of christchurch electorate he came second in this three member electorate edward stevens came first and william moorhouse the person who caused him to come to new zealand came third and was thus returned 12 he came fourth in the september 1879 election for the three member christchurch electorate george grey came first and samuel paull andrews and edward stevens came second with equal numbers of votes and only 23 votes ahead of richardson 13 he petitioned against george grey s return on technical grounds as grey had already been elected in the thames electorate 14 15 16 the electoral commission unseated grey on 24 october 17 with richardson offered to fill this vacancy a few days later grey was allowed to keep the thames seat and remained a member of parliament through that constituency 18 the city of christchurch electorate was abolished at the end of the 7th session of parliament and richardson stood in lyttelton in the 1881 election he was narrowly defeated by harry allwright who had a majority of 11 on richardson 19 ironically allwright had been the chair of the 1879 electoral commission and it had been his casting vote that unseated grey and thus allowed richardson back into the lower house following a petition the 1881 general election in the stanmore electorate was declared invalid the resulting 12 july 1882 by election was contested by walter pilliet richardson and william patten cowlishaw a partner of francis james garrick they received 469 345 and 244 votes respectively pilliet was declared elected with a majority of 124 votes 20 21 richardson stood in the 6 april 1883 by election in the selwyn electorate coming second richardson then stood in the 16 may 1884 by election in the kaiapoi electorate he was returned unopposed and re entered parliament 22 soon after he contested the kaiapoi seat in the 1884 general election and was confirmed by the voters 23 he was re elected in the 1887 general election 24 and represented kaiapoi until the 1890 election when he retired from the lower house 25 minister for public works edit in october 1872 richardson became a member of the waterhouse ministry and held the portfolio of public works he retained that position in the successive fox vogel pollen and atkinson ministries poor health brought on by overwork caused him to resign his ministerial role in january 1877 3 5 26 as a public works expert he was again appointed a minister for public works under the stout vogel government and held the portfolio from september 1884 to october 1887 he was ranked third in cabinet below robert stout and vogel the family moved to wellington in 1884 for this ministerial appointment 3 5 27 member of the upper house edit richardson was appointed to the legislative council on 15 october 1892 and remained a member until 15 october 1899 when his term ended 5 later life edit richardson s residence the hollies in 2011 richardson bought the land around the opawa railway station plus an adjacent 13 acres in 1871 and built his residence the hollies it is believed that he designed the house himself and it is broadly australian in appearance stone from the tunnel project was used in the construction richardson was affected by the recession in the late 1880 and in 1889 the bank of new zealand repossessed the house and land and onsold it to sheep farmer john robert campbell the building is registered with heritage new zealand and was registered on 24 june 2005 as a category ii heritage structure with registration number 3112 28 richardson was appointed companion of the order of st michael and st george cmg in the 1879 birthday honours 5 his second wife frances died on 1 october 1913 richardson died in wellington on 26 february 1915 and was survived by a son from his marriage with margaret and four sons and two daughters from his marriage with frances one of whom was the artist mollie tripe 2 3 he was interred at karori cemetery in wellington 29 his son sydney stood as a candidate at the 1935 general election in the christchurch east electorate in support of the united reform coalition government 30 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contextual historical overview for christchurch city pdf christchurch bpr publishers p 2 isbn 1 877313 21 1 archived from the original pdf on 3 march 2016 retrieved 23 march 2010 scholefield guy 1950 first ed published 1913 new zealand parliamentary record 1840 1949 3rd ed wellington govt printer p 195 nomination for christchurch west the star no 820 12 january 1871 p 3 retrieved 27 september 2010 the general elections the star no 826 19 january 1871 p 2 retrieved 16 march 2010 general elections the star no 2431 7 january 1876 p 3 retrieved 20 march 2010 the christchurch election the star no 3563 11 september 1879 p 3 retrieved 19 march 2010 the new parliament vol xxxii no 5708 daily southern cross 8 january 1876 p 3 retrieved 17 march 2010 the timaru herald vol xxxi no 1594 30 october 1879 p 2 retrieved 20 march 2010 the christchurch election the star no 3608 3 november 1879 p 3 retrieved 20 march 2010 sir george grey unseated for christchurch the timaru herald vol xxxi no 1590 25 october 1879 p 2 retrieved 20 march 2010 parliamentary vol vi no 934 poverty bay herald 27 october 1879 p 2 retrieved 20 march 2010 the general election the star no 4255 10 december 1881 p 3 retrieved 20 march 2010 the stanmore election no 4131 west coast times 12 july 1882 p 2 retrieved 20 march 2010 stanmore election the star no 4437 14 july 1882 p 3 retrieved 20 march 2010 the kaiapoi election the evening post vol xxvii no 117 17 may 1884 p 2 retrieved 20 march 2010 the new parliament vol xix no 5378 wanganui herald 29 july 1884 p 2 retrieved 20 march 2010 the general election results the star no 6043 27 september 1887 p 4 retrieved 20 march 2010 general election candidates for seats in house vol xxxix no 8950 taranaki herald 5 december 1890 p 2 retrieved 20 march 2010 resignation of the minister of public works vol xxi no 2621 grey river argus 5 january 1877 p 2 retrieved 21 march 2010 vial jane 22 june 2007 tripe mary elizabeth 1870 1939 dictionary of new zealand biography 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