John Kessell
Australian politician
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John Henry Kessell (1870 – 15 November 1933) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
1870
John Kessell | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Port Curtis | |
| In office 26 October 1912 – 22 May 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Breslin |
| Succeeded by | George Carter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Henry Kessell 1870 |
| Died | 15 November 1933 (aged 62–63) |
| Resting place | Field of Mars Cemetery |
| Party | Ministerialist |
| Spouse |
Sarah Rosetta Watt (m. 1905) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Biography
Kessell was born in Kadina, South Australia, as the son of John Kessell and his wife Elizabeth (née Williams). He was educated in Bathurst and was a proprietor of the Gladstone Observer newspaper and the chairman director of the Mt. Morgan Co.[1]
He married Sarah Rosetta Watt on 2 August 1905 in Brisbane and together they had one daughter. Kessell died at the Lewisham Private Hospital,[2] New South Wales, and his funeral proceeded from the Ashfield Methodist Church to the Field of Mars Cemetery.[3]
Public life
Kessell, representing the Ministerialists, contested the seat of Port Curtis at the 1912 state election but lost by two votes to Edward Breslin.[4] The election of Breslin was later declared null and void by Justice Charles Chubb, the elections judge of the Queensland Supreme Court[5] and Kessell won the resulting by-election in October 1912.[4] At the 1915 state election he lost the seat to George Carter.[6]
He was president of the Australian Provincial Press Association and president of the Queensland Country Press Association.[1]