Ken Grant | |
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![]() Ken Grant - 1915 | |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Rockhampton | |
In office 11 March 1902 – 27 April 1912 Serving with
William Kidston,
John Adamson | |
Preceded by | George Curtis |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fitzroy | |
In office 27 April 1912 – 22 May 1915 | |
Preceded by | James Crawford |
Succeeded by | Harold Hartley |
Personal details | |
Born | Kenneth Macdonald Grant September 1866 Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 13 August 1922 (aged 55) Albion, Queensland, Australia |
Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
Political party | Kidstonites |
Other political affiliations | Labour |
Occupation | Telegraphist |
Kenneth Macdonald Grant (September 1866 – 13 August 1922) was a telegraphist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia. [1]
Grant was born in Geelong, Victoria, to parents William Grant and his wife Jessie (née McDonald) and attended Brisbane Normal School. He began his working life as a cadet in the Post and Telegraphs Department and became a telegraphist at the Rockhampton Post Office and Railway Traffic Office. Later on he was a director of the Blair Athol Land and Timber Co. [1] and the principal of K.M. Grant and Co. Ltd. [2]
In his younger days he was a keen sportsman and president of the Central Queensland Rugby League, and a patron of the Rockhampton Jockey Club and the Rockhampton Bowls Club. [2]
Unmarried, he died from the complications of an attack of influenza in August 1922. [2] His funeral proceeded from has Albion home to the Toowong Cemetery. [3] [4]
Grant represented the state seat of Rockhampton from 1902 until 1912. He then switched to the seat of Fitzroy in 1912 but was defeated by Harold Hartley in 1915. [5] He started out representing the Labour Party but by the end of his political career he was a member of the Kidstonites. [1]
He was the Chairman of Committees in 1910, Acting Secretary for Public Instruction in 1911-1912, and Home Secretary and Secretary for Mines in 1915.
Ken Grant | |
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![]() Ken Grant - 1915 | |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Rockhampton | |
In office 11 March 1902 – 27 April 1912 Serving with
William Kidston,
John Adamson | |
Preceded by | George Curtis |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
Member of the
Queensland Legislative Assembly for Fitzroy | |
In office 27 April 1912 – 22 May 1915 | |
Preceded by | James Crawford |
Succeeded by | Harold Hartley |
Personal details | |
Born | Kenneth Macdonald Grant September 1866 Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
Died | 13 August 1922 (aged 55) Albion, Queensland, Australia |
Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
Political party | Kidstonites |
Other political affiliations | Labour |
Occupation | Telegraphist |
Kenneth Macdonald Grant (September 1866 – 13 August 1922) was a telegraphist and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia. [1]
Grant was born in Geelong, Victoria, to parents William Grant and his wife Jessie (née McDonald) and attended Brisbane Normal School. He began his working life as a cadet in the Post and Telegraphs Department and became a telegraphist at the Rockhampton Post Office and Railway Traffic Office. Later on he was a director of the Blair Athol Land and Timber Co. [1] and the principal of K.M. Grant and Co. Ltd. [2]
In his younger days he was a keen sportsman and president of the Central Queensland Rugby League, and a patron of the Rockhampton Jockey Club and the Rockhampton Bowls Club. [2]
Unmarried, he died from the complications of an attack of influenza in August 1922. [2] His funeral proceeded from has Albion home to the Toowong Cemetery. [3] [4]
Grant represented the state seat of Rockhampton from 1902 until 1912. He then switched to the seat of Fitzroy in 1912 but was defeated by Harold Hartley in 1915. [5] He started out representing the Labour Party but by the end of his political career he was a member of the Kidstonites. [1]
He was the Chairman of Committees in 1910, Acting Secretary for Public Instruction in 1911-1912, and Home Secretary and Secretary for Mines in 1915.