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词条 James Stevingstone Kerr
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  1. Biography

  2. Political career

  3. References

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| constituency_AM1 = Enoggera
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 9 Oct 1920
| term_end1 = 11 Jun 1932
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| successor1 = George Taylor
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|birth_date = 1889
|birth_place = Rosewood, Queensland, Australia
|death_date = 15 September 1960 (aged 70 or 71)
|death_place = Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
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}}James Stevingstone Kerr (1889[1] – 15 September 1960) was a clerk and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2]

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 One 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 the 20th 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. ^[https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research] — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
2. ^{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3234703885|accessdate= 26 March 2016}}
3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article175771834 |title=ENOGGERA. |newspaper=Warwick Daily News |volume=2, |issue=499 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 October 1920 |accessdate=27 March 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113989797 |title=METROPOLITAN. |newspaper=Queensland Times |volume=LXXII, |issue=14,427 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 June 1932 |accessdate=27 March 2016 |page=6 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia}}
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5 : Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly|1889 births|1960 deaths|20th-century Australian politicians|National Party (Queensland, 1917) members of the Parliament of Queensland

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