Henry Kenny (Australian politician)

Henry Kenny
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 3 May 1897 – 25 August 1899
Preceded by	None (new seat)
Succeeded by	Frederick Moorhead
Constituency	North Murchison
Personal details
Born	1 March 1853 North Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Died	25 August 1899 (aged 46) Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Henry Edward Kenny (1 March 1853 – 25 August 1899) was an Australian newspaper proprietor and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1897 to 1899, representing the seat of North Murchison.

Kenny was born in North Fremantle, Western Australia, to Bridget (née Reynolds) and John Kenny. He had moved to Geraldton by 1879, working initially as a storekeeper and later as a draper. Kenny later developed interests in mining (on the Murchison goldfields), but came to the attention of the public as the manager of the Geraldton Express, the major newspaper in the region. He eventually became its chief proprietor.^[1] Kenny was elected to parliament at the 1897 general election, winning the newly created seat of North Murchison.^[2] However, his time in parliament was short-lived, as he died from stomach cancer in August 1899 (aged only 46).^[3] He had married a widow, Albina Tregonning (née Nicolay), in 1878, with whom he had two children.^[1]

References

1. Henry Edward Kenny – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.
3. "THE LATE MR. H. E. KENNY, M.LA.", The W.A. Record, 2 September 1899.