Kenneth Grant (politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Ken Grant
Constituency Am1:Rockhampton
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:11 March 1902
Term End1:27 April 1912
Predecessor1:George Curtis
Successor1:Seat abolished
Alongside1:William Kidston, John Adamson
Constituency Am2:Fitzroy
Assembly2:Queensland Legislative
Term Start2:27 April 1912
Term End2:22 May 1915
Predecessor2:James Crawford
Successor2:Harold Hartley
Birth Date:September 1866
Birth Place:Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Death Date:13 August 1922 (aged 55)
Death Place:Albion, Queensland, Australia
Restingplace:Toowong Cemetery
Birthname:Kenneth Macdonald Grant
Nationality:Australian
Party:Kidstonites
Otherparty:Labour
Occupation:Telegraphist

Kenneth Macdonald Grant (September 1866 – 13 August 1922) was a telegraphist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia.[1]

Biography

Grant was born in Geelong, Victoria, to parents William Grant and his wife Jessie (née McDonald) and attended Brisbane Normal School. He began his working life as a cadet in the Post and Telegraphs Department and became a telegraphist at the Rockhampton Post Office and Railway Traffic Office. Later on he was a director of the Blair Athol Land and Timber Co.[1] and the principal of K.M. Grant and Co. Ltd.[2]

In his younger days he was a keen sportsman and president of the Central Queensland Rugby League, and a patron of the Rockhampton Jockey Club and the Rockhampton Bowls Club.[2]

Unmarried, he died from the complications of an attack of influenza in August 1922.[2] His funeral proceeded from has Albion home to the Toowong Cemetery.[3] [4]

Political career

Grant represented the state seat of Rockhampton from 1902 until 1912. He then switched to the seat of Fitzroy in 1912 but was defeated by Harold Hartley in 1915.[5] He started out representing the Labour Party but by the end of his political career he was a member of the Kidstonites.[1]

He was the Chairman of Committees in 1910, Acting Secretary for Public Instruction in 1911-1912, and Home Secretary and Secretary for Mines in 1915.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 28 March 2016.
  2. News: Death of Mr. K. M. Grant. . . 20,144 . Queensland, Australia . 14 August 1922 . 28 March 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Family Notices . . 20,144 . Queensland, Australia . 14 August 1922 . 28 March 2016 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  4. https://graves.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ Deceased Search
  5. News: SUMMARY OF THE VOTING. . . 18,772 . Queensland, Australia . 18 March 1918 . 28 March 2016 . 7 . National Library of Australia.