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Kenneth John Bacon

Kenneth John Bacon

Surname: BACON

Given Names: Kenneth John

Title and Honours: Mr, Honourable

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 2 March 1944 - Hobart, Tasmania

Date of Death:

 

House of Assembly: 29 August 1998

Electorate: Lyons

Party: ALP

Positions Held: Chair Committees 2002. Minister 2004-05.

Date of Departure: 29 April 2005

Reason for Departure: Resigned because of ill health.

Inaugural Speech (6 October 1998)

Comments:

Granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life on 30 May 2005.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 713

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.

Additional Reference Material:

A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968. Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.