{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}} '''Herbert Clarence Richards''' (30 January 1876 – 11 April 1949), commonly referred to as '''H. C. Richards''', was an Australian coachbuilder and politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Sturt from 1921 to 1930 for the Liberal Union and Liberal Federation.<ref>{{cite SA-parl |pid=3949 |name=Herbert Richards |former=yes |access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>
Richards was the eldest son of Tobias John Martin Richards (1850–1939) and Matilda Emily Richards, née Freeman (16 February 1854 – 25 January 1938), and succeeded his father as chairman of directors of T. J. Richards & Sons, coachbuilders and motor body builders of Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide.
He was mayor of Unley 1921–1922.
==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-sa-la}} {{s-bef | before=Arthur Blackburn}} {{s-ttl | title=Member for Sturt | years=1921–1930 | alongside=George Hussey, Edward Vardon, Ernest Anthoney}} {{s-aft | after=Bob Dale}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Herbert}} Category:1876 births Category:1949 deaths Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
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