Kenneth William Smyth (born 4 October 1948) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in
Rockhampton
Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. The population of Rockhampton in June 2021 was 79,967, Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. making it the fourth-largest city in the state outside of the ...
to Frederick Tomas Smyth and Annie Maud, ''née'' Gray; his parents separated two years after his birth. He attended both state and Catholic schools in
Mackay before becoming a carpenter and then a miner with the Utah Company's
Peak Downs
Peak Downs is a geographic area, and formerly a station, in the vicinity of Clermont, Central Queensland. The morphology of this region consisted of numerous distinct peaks of basalt-capped sandstone erupting from a plane, and the area has been ...
coalmine. A member of the
Labor Party, he was a
Belyando Shire Councillor from 1982 to 1991 and in 1986 was elected as the member for
Bowen Bowen may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Bowen, Queensland, a town
* Bowen Hills, Queensland, a suburb
** Bowen Hills railway station, a railway station in Bowen Hills
** Bowen Park, Brisbane, a park in Bowen Hills
* Bowen Bridge, crossing the Derw ...
in the
Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1992 his seat was abolished and he ran unsuccessfully for
Charters Towers.
References
1948 births
Living people
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
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