title: Richard Hawke
text: # Richard Hawke
  
  Richard Wilson Hawke (1865 – 12 July 1941) 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.
  
  