Donald Kennedy (Australian politician)

Donald Angus Kennedy (1807 – 29 February 1864) was a pastoralist, banker and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Kennedy was born in Glen Roy, Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland, baptised 22 December 1807.[1] Kennedy emigrated to New South Wales in 1837 and arrived in the Port Phillip District in 1840. He held leases for large properties at Croxton, Linlithgow Plains and Mt. Sturgeon near Dunkeld.[1]

After unsuccessfully contesting the seat of North Bourke in 1853,[1][2] Kennedy became a nominated member of the Victorian Legislative Council on 1 August 1854 replacing James Graham.[3] Kennedy remained a member until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.

Kennedy was elected to the Southern Province of the new Legislative Council in November 1856, a seat he held until his death on 29 February 1864.[1]

Kennedy was a deputy governor of the Colonial Bank and for many years was president of the Port Philip Farmers' Society.[2] He died in Melbourne on 29 February 1864. He was married to Jessie Grace Shannon and they had no children.[1]

References
  1. "Donald Angus Kennedy". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. "The Late Mr. Donald Kennedy". The Argus. Melbourne. 2 March 1864. p. 5.
  3. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 179. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

 

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