Richard Ball (Australian politician)

Richard Thomas Ball (14 September 1857 – 30 October 1937) was a politician and engineer in New South Wales, Australia.

[1] Ball was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the representative for Albury in 1895 as a Free Trade member.

[9] After single-member districts were re-introduced in 1927 he returned to his old seat of Corowa,[8] He was a supporter of the Riverina new state movement.

[8] In November 1916 Ball was appointed Secretary for Public Works and Minister for Railways in the second Holman ministry.

He was responsible for passing through Parliament the Act authorising the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and signing the contract for its erection.