Donald Angus Kennedy (1807 – 29 February 1864) was a pastoralist, banker and politician in colonial

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, a member of the

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. Kennedy was born in

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, Inverness-shire, Scotland, baptised 22 December 1807. Kennedy emigrated to

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in 1837 and arrived in the

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in 1840. He held leases for large properties at Croxton, Linlithgow Plains and Mt. Sturgeon near Dunkeld. After unsuccessfully contesting the seat of North Bourke in 1853, Kennedy became a nominated member of the Victorian Legislative Council on 1 August 1854 replacing James Graham. 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. Kennedy was a deputy governor of the Colonial Bank and for many years was president of the Port Philip Farmers' Society. He died in

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on 29 February 1864. He was married to Jessie Grace Shannon and they had no children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Donald Angus 1807 births 1864 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Scottish emigrants to colonial Australia People from Lochaber 19th-century Australian politicians