Richard Geddes

Richard Alexander Geddes (5 November 1921 – 12 August 1992) was a politician in the State of South Australia.

He was born a son of James Sim Geddes (1877–1931), a timber merchant and three times mayor of Port Pirie,[1] and his wife, (Mary) Mildred Geddes, née Giles (died 22 October 1951).

[2] He served in the 2nd AIF during World War II, and as Lieutenant Geddes.

[2] He was elected for the Liberal Party to a Northern districts seat in the Legislative Council in March 1965, survived the transition to single-electorate voting in 1975, and retired in September 1979.

[3] He married Corporal Pamela Hartley Williams on 28 November 1944 at St. Peter's College Chapel and they later lived at Eden Valley.