Nationality Australian | Political party CPNP | |
Full Name James Stevingstone Kerr Other politicalaffiliations Nationalist, United Party Spouse(s) Marjorie Atkinson (m.1922 d.1946) Party Country and Progressive National Party | ||
James Stevingstone Kerr (1889 – 15 September 1960) was a clerk and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Kerr was born at Rosewood, Queensland, to parents John Kerr and his wife Mary (née Caldwell). 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.
On the 20th April 1922 he married Marjorie Atkinson (died 1946) and together had one son and one daughter. He died in Toowoomba in 1960.
Political career
Kerr, at first a member of the Nationalists, won the seat of Enoggera in 1920, defeating the sitting Labor member, William Lloyd. He held the seat until his defeat in 1932 by the Labor Party's George Taylor. During his time in parliament he was also a member of the United Party and the CPNP.