James Stevingstone Kerr


James Stevingstone Kerr was a clerk and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Kerr was born at Rosewood, Queensland, to parents John Kerr and his wife Mary. He was educated at Brisbane Normal School and Brisbane Grammar School. He was the head office clerk at Queensland Railways and in World War One he was a Captain with the 26th Battalion. On his return to Australia he became the State Secretary of the Returned Services League.
On 20 April 1922 he married Marjorie Atkinson and together had one son and one daughter. He died in Toowoomba in 1960.

Political career

Kerr, at first a member of the Nationalist Party, won the seat of Enoggera in 1920, defeating the sitting Labor member, William Lloyd. He held the seat until his defeat in 1932 by the Labor Party's George Taylor. During his time in parliament he was also a member of the United Party and the CPNP.