Facts: - death place: sydney , new south wales - parliament: new south wales - successor: seat abolished - constituency mp: wilcannia - death date: 10 october 1922 - predecessor: edward dickens - party: australian labor party - otherparty: nationalist party of australia - spouse: jane dawson - term end: 16 july 1904 - children: 4 - term start: 17 july 1894 - birth date: 03 october 1863 - name: richard ' dick ' sleath - birthname: richard sleath - birth place: cerres , fifeshire - occupation: miner , bushworker , quarryman Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of richard sleath .
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richard ' dick ' sleath -lrb- 3 october 1863 -- 10 october 1922 -rrb- was an australian politician .born in cerres , fifeshire to ploughman richard sleath and mary fernie , he migrated to queensland in 1877 , becoming a shearer and prospector .in 1882 he moved to sydney , working as a contractor before mining at broken hill from 1887 .on 11 march 1887 , he married jane dawson with whom he had four sons .he helped found the first socialist league at broken hill and was a member of the central executive of the labor party in 1898 .in 1894 he was elected to the new south wales legislative assembly as the labour member for wilcannia .he lost his labour endorsement in 1901 but was re-elected as an independent labor candidate , losing his seat in 1904 .in 1917 sleath , a supporter of conscription , joined the nationalist party .he died in sydney in 1922 .