John Lesley Kenny (21 June 1889 – 19 June 1978) was an Australian politician. He was born at Port Macquarie and worked as a plumber. A Labor Party member from around 1906, he was secretary and president of the Port Macquarie branch and a local alderman from 1959 to 1964. In 1955 he was elected to the

New South Wales Legislative Council The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in th ...

as a Labor member. He was expelled from the party in 1959 for opposing the abolition of the Legislative Council, and was thereafter associated with the

Independent Labor Group The Independent Labor Group was a minor Australian political grouping in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1959 to 1977. The group emerged when a number of Labor Party MLCs were expelled from the party for voting against the abolition ...

. Kenny left the Council in 1970 and died at Port Macquarie in 1978.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kenny, John 1889 births 1978 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Independent Labor Group politicians Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians