William Kent (Australian politician)

William Kent
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Burnett
In office 25 March 1899 – 27 August 1904
Preceded by	William John Ryott Maughan
Succeeded by	Alfred Jones
Personal details
Born	William Kent 29 March 1856 Jondaryan, Queensland, Australia
Died	5 February 1906 (aged 49) Oakey, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery
Political party	Ministerial
Spouse(s)	Emily Celia Sly (m.1882 d.1952)
Occupation	Station proprietor
Religion	Church of England

William Kent (29 March 1856 - 5 February 1906) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Biography

Kent was born at Jondaryan, Queensland, the son of William Kent Snr. and his wife Martha (née Turner) and he was educated privately and in Sydney. For his entire working life Kent worked on stations in the Burnett area of Queensland.^[1]

On the 29th November 1882 he married Emily Celia Sly (died 1952)^[2] and together had five sons and two daughters.^[1] Kent died in February 1906 at Oakey and was buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.^[3]

Public career

Kent won the seat of Burnett in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1899 Queensland colonial election.^[4] He held the seat until 1904 when he did not stand at the year's general election.^[5]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
2. Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
3. Deceased search — Toowoomba Regional Council Retrieved 11 May 2016.
4. The Brisbane Courier. LV, (12,858). Queensland, Australia. 29 March 1899. p. 5 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page557032. Retrieved 11 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. "BURNETT (1).". The Brisbane Courier. LXI, (14,548). Queensland, Australia. 29 August 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 11 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.