Kevin Myles Stephen Holland (30 March 1910 – 12 October 1996) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to Jack Holland and Agnes Mary Ryan. He attended Catholic schools and became a health inspector with the Victorian Health Department. During

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he served in the Army Medical Corps in the Pacific. He was a delegate with the Miscellaneous Workers' Union and served as a

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member of

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from 1951 to 1975, leading the party on council from 1955. In 1956 he was elected to the

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in a by-election to succeed his father in the seat of Flemington. He held the seat until its abolition in 1967, when he retired from the Assembly. From 1975 to 1980 he was on the Keilor City commission, and was commissioner of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works. On 15 January 1964 he had married Annie Catherine Sheila Duffy. He was appointed a member of the

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in 1983. Holland died in 1996.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holland, Kevin 1910 births 1996 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Members of the Order of Australia 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Army personnel of World War II People from North Melbourne Politicians from Melbourne Military personnel from Melbourne