Francis Benjamin Kates

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix =

|name = Francis Kates

|honorific-suffix =

|image = StateLibQld 1 99180 Francis Kates who was the first Mayor of Allora, 1869.jpg

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| constituency_AM1 = Darling Downs

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 26 November 1878

| term_end1 = 1 November 1881

| predecessor1 = William Graham

| successor1 = William Allan

| alongside1 = William Miles

| term_start2 = 1 October 1883

| term_end2 = 4 May 1888

| predecessor2 = William Allan

| successor2 = Seat abolished

| alongside2 =William Allan

| constituency_AM3 = Cunningham

| assembly3 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start3 = 11 March 1899

| term_end3 = 26 September 1903

| predecessor3 = Thomas McGahan

| successor3 = Duncan Watson

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1830|7|1|df=y}}

|birth_place = Berlin, Prussia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1903|9|26|1830|7|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Dalveen, Queensland, Australia

|restingplace = Strath Elbess Cemetery, Dalveen

|birthname = Francis Benjamin Kates

|nationality =

|party = Independent

|otherparty = Ministerial

|spouse = Sarah Matthews (m.1858 d.1904)

| known_for =

| occupation = Flour mill owner

| relations =

| alma_mater =

}}

Francis Benjamin Kates was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{Cite QldMLA|accessdate=13 December 2015}} He was the Member for Darling Downs from 26 November 1878 until 1 November 1881, and from 1 October 1883 until 4 May 1888. He was the Independent Member for Cunningham from 11 March 1899 until his death on 26 September 1903.{{Cite web|url = https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=919791334|title = Kates, Francis Benjamin|date = 2011|access-date = 8 February 2016|website = Queensland Parliament|publisher = |last = |first = }}{{Cite news|title = Death of Mr. Kates, M.L.A.s At Dalveen on Saturday.|url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82282830|newspaper = Warwick Examiner and Times|date = 1903-09-30|access-date = 2016-02-08|pages = 2}}

He was born on 1 July 1830 in Berlin, Prussia, the son of Benjamin Kates and his wife, Henrietta. He married Sarah Matthews in London in 1858. He had two sons and a daughter.