Kennon Richard Lewis (4 September 1939 – 3 March 2019) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1986 to 1996, representing the seats of East Melville (1986 to 1989) and

Applecross Applecross ( gd, A' Chomraich) is a peninsula north-west of Kyle of Lochalsh in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The name Applecross is at least 1,300 years old and is ''not'' used locally to refer to the 19th century village (which is ...

(1989 to 1996). Born in

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, Lewis attended

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and Scotch College before going on to

Perth Technical College Central Institute of Technology was a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution based in Perth, Western Australia until 2016 when it became a part of North Metropolitan TAFE. It was the equal oldest post-secondary educational institution ...

, where he trained as a cartographer and surveyor. Prior to entering politics, he worked in various surveying and urban development roles, eventually becoming managing director of a consulting surveying firm. Lewis was a City of Melville councillor from 1970 to 1984, and was elected deputy mayor three times.Kennon Richard Lewis
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2016. He first stood for parliament at the 1986 state election, and was elected to represent East Melville with 59.99 percent of the first-preference vote, replacing the retiring member

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. East Melville was abolished prior to the

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, but Lewis easily won the new seat of Applecross, which he continued to represent until his retirement at the 1996 election (which he did not contest). Lewis held multiple portfolios in the shadow cabinets of both

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and

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, and after the Liberal victory at the 1993 election was appointed Minister for Planning and Minister for Heritage in the Court–Cowan ministry. Following the resignation of

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later in 1993, he was also appointed Minister for Housing, although he was replaced by

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after a few months. After leaving politics, Lewis was named chairman of the

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(serving from 1997 to 2001), and was also a director of the

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(from 1998 to 2001).

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, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Richard 1939 births 2019 deaths Australian Anglicans Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People educated at Scotch College, Perth Politicians from Perth, Western Australia Western Australian local councillors Members of the Order of Australia Deputy mayors of places in Australia People from Fremantle