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James Stevingstone Kerr

James Stevingstone Kerr

Australian politician

James Stevingstone Kerr (1889[1] – 15 September 1960) was a clerk and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2]

Quick Facts Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Enoggera, Preceded by ...

Biography

Kerr was born at Rosewood, Queensland, to parents John Kerr and his wife Mary (née Caldwell).[1] He was educated at Brisbane Normal School and Brisbane Grammar School. He was the head office clerk at Queensland Railways and in World War I he was a Captain with the 26th Battalion. On his return to Australia he became the State Secretary of the Returned Services League.[2]

On 20 April 1922 he married Marjorie Atkinson (died 1946)[1] and together had one son and one daughter. He died in Toowoomba in 1960.[2]

Political career

Kerr, at first a member of the Nationalist Party, won the seat of Enoggera in 1920, defeating the sitting Labor member, William Lloyd.[3] He held the seat until his defeat in 1932 by the Labor Party's George Taylor.[4] During his time in parliament he was also a member of the United Party and the CPNP.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  3. [3]
    "ENOGGERA". Warwick Daily News. Vol. 2, no. 499. Queensland, Australia. 11 October 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 27 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. [4]
    "METROPOLITAN". Queensland Times. Vol. LXXII, no. 14, 427. Queensland, Australia. 13 June 1932. p. 6 (DAILY.). Retrieved 27 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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