James Kerr | |
Constituency Am1: | Enoggera |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 9 Oct 1920 |
Term End1: | 11 Jun 1932 |
Predecessor1: | William Lloyd |
Successor1: | George Taylor |
Birth Date: | 1889 |
Birth Place: | Rosewood, Queensland, Australia |
Death Date: | 15 September 1960 (aged 70 or 71) |
Death Place: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
Birthname: | James Stevingstone Kerr |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | CPNP |
Otherparty: | National, United Party |
Spouse: | Marjorie Atkinson (m.1922 d.1946) |
Occupation: | Clerk |
James Stevingstone Kerr (1889[1] – 15 September 1960) was a clerk and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[2]
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]
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]