Ken Smyth

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Ken Smyth
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Bowen
In office
1 November 1986 19 September 1992
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
Kenneth William Smyth

(1948-10-04) 4 October 1948 (age 72)
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Labor
Spouse(s)Tru-Dell Martin (m.1968, separated 1990)
Occupation Carpenter, Coal mining industry

Kenneth William Smyth (born 4 October 1948) is a former Australian politician. [1]

He was born in Rockhampton 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 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 in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 1992 his seat was abolished and he ran unsuccessfully for Charters Towers. [2]

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References

  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  2. Waterson, D.B. (1993). Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament, 1981–1992. Casket Publications. p. 40.
Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Bowen
19861992
Abolished