Kenneth Macdonald "Ken" Grant (September 1866 – 13 August 1922) was a

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and member of the

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in Australia.

Biography

Grant was born in

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, to parents William Grant and his wife Jessie (née McDonald) and attended

Brisbane Normal School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , city = South Brisbane , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, ...

. He began his working life as a cadet in the Post and Telegraphs Department and became a telegraphist at the

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Post Office and Railway Traffic Office. Later on he was a director of the Blair Athol Land and Timber Co. and the principal of K.M. Grant and Co. Ltd. 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. Unmarried, he died from the complications of an attack of influenza in August 1922. His funeral proceeded from has

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home to the

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.Deceased Search
— Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

Political career

Grant represented the state seat of

from 1902 until 1912. He then switched to the seat of

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in 1912 but was defeated by Harold Hartley in 1915. He started out representing the Labour Party but by the end of his political career he was a member of the

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. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Kenneth Macdonald Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1866 births 1922 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland