| Ken Smyth | |
| Constituency Am1: | Bowen |
| Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 1 November 1986 |
| Term End1: | 19 September 1992 |
| Predecessor1: | New seat |
| Successor1: | Seat abolished |
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Birthname: | Kenneth William Smyth |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Labor |
| Spouse: | Tru-Dell Martin (m.1968, separated 1990) |
| Occupation: | Carpenter, Coal mining industry |
Kenneth William Smyth (born 4 October 1948) is a former Australian politician.[1]
He was born in Rockhampton to Frederick Tomas Smyth and Annie Maud, née Gray; his parents separated two years after his birth. He attended both state and Catholic schools in Mackay before becoming a carpenter and then a miner with the Utah Company's Peak Downs coalmine. A member of the Labor Party, he was a Belyando Shire Councillor from 1982 to 1991 and in 1986 was elected as the member for Bowen in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1992 his seat was abolished and he ran unsuccessfully for Charters Towers.[2]