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Francis Benjamin Kates

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Preceded by
  
William Graham

Preceded by
  
William Allan

Preceded by
  
Thomas McGahan

Died
  
26 September 1903

Succeeded by
  
William Allan

Succeeded by
  
Seat abolished

Succeeded by
  
Duncan Watson

Party
  
Independent politician

Francis Benjamin Kates

Francis Benjamin Kates was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the Member for Darling Downs from 26 November 1878 until 1 November 1881, and from 1 October 1883 until 4 May 1888. He was the Independent Member for Cunningham from 11 March 1899 until his death on 26 September 1903.

He was born on 1 July 1830 in Berlin, Prussia, the son of Benjamin Kates and his wife, Henrietta. He married Sarah Matthews in London in 1858. He had two sons and a daughter.

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Francis Benjamin Kates Wikipedia