Ken Davies (politician)

{{short description|Australian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|name = Ken Davies

|honorific-suffix =

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| constituency_AM = Townsville

| assembly = Queensland Legislative

|term_start = 2 December 1989

|term_end = 19 September 1992

|predecessor = Tony Burreket

|successor = Geoff Smith

| constituency_AM1 = Mundingburra

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 19 September 1992

| term_end1 = 8 December 1995

| predecessor1 = New seat

| successor1 = Frank Tanti

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|7|8|df=y}}

|birth_place = Longreach, Queensland, Australia

|death_date =

|death_place =

|restingplace =

|birthname = Kenneth Henry Davies

|nationality = Australian

|party = Labor

|otherparty = Independent

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| occupation = Accountant

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Kenneth Henry Davies (born 8 July 1948) is an Australian politician who represented the seats of Townsville and Mundingburra in the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=904057485|accessdate= 15 February 2015}} First elected in 1989, he was the head of the Parliamentary Criminal Justice Commission, and then was promoted to cabinet, in a junior ministerial role in Emergency Services and Consumer Affairs.Easton, Alex (22 October 2005). "Labour of hate still lingering: Decade-old spat returns to haunt ALP and Davies", Townsville Bulletin, p. 12. A close race in the 1995 state election resulted in him winning by just 16 votes. The result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 8 December 1995, and Davies, running as an Independent after being disendorsed by the ALP, lost in the subsequent by-election.

From 1998 to 2005 he served as general manager of the Kyogle Council in northern New South Wales. but was dismissed from the role after being criticised for living in Brisbane and commuting to Kyogle.{{cite news|url=http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2005/12/29/apn-kyogle-council-sacks/|title=Kyogle Council sacks GM|last=Cheadle|first=Barry|work=Northern Star (Lismore)|date=29 December 2005|accessdate=6 October 2009}}