Richard Hooper (25 January 1846 – 24 July 1909) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Wallaroo from 1891 to 1902.
[1][2][3] Hooper was born in Cornwall in England and arrived in South Australia in 1858.
[4] Hooper was the first Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly, but was not a member of the newly formed United Labor Party, instead serving as an Independent Labor member.
He was re-elected as an Independent Labor member in 1893, 1896 and 1899; although he attended caucus meetings he never joined the United Labor Party.
[5] After his parliamentary career, he moved to Western Australia, where he worked as a nightwatchman and was active in the Labor Party there.