Tom Kerr (politician)
Tom Kerr | |
|---|---|
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Sherwood | |
| In office 29 April 1950 – 19 May 1956 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | John Herbert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Caldwell Kerr 15 August 1887 QPP |
| Spouse | Lillian Berry (m.1919 d.1954) |
| Occupation | Accountant |
Thomas Caldwell Kerr (15 August 1887 – 25 June 1956) was a member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Biography
Kerr was born at
Stanthorpe, Queensland, the son of John Kerr and his wife Mary (née Caldwell). He was educated at Sherwood State School and from 1905 to 1915 was a pearl sheller in the Dutch East Indies and Thursday Island. Later on he was a public accountant and auditor with Wright, Kerr and Co. in Brisbane.[1]
He served in the First Australian Imperial Force in World War I, being based with the 31st Infantry Battalion.[1]
On 8 November 1919 he married Lillian Violet Berry
Public life
Kerr, a member of the
Liberal Party, won the seat of Oxley in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the 1943 by-election to replace Thomas Nimmo who had died in February of that year. He was to represent the seat until it was abolished before the 1950 state election.[1]
He then moved to the new seat of Sherwood, holding it for six years until he retired from politics in 1956.[1] He collapsed and died a month later in his Queen Street office.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ Thomas Caldwell KERR 25-6-1956 — Chapel Hill Photos. Retrieved 16 April 2016.