Kenneth Oswald Hoad (13 November 1897 – 7 June 1944) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932, representing the electorate of Cootamundra.

Ken Hoad
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Cootamundra
In office
30 May 1925 – 18 May 1932
Serving with Peter Loughlin (1925-1927)
Hugh Main (1925-1927)
Preceded byJames McGirr
Succeeded byBill Ross
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Oswald Hoad

(1897-11-13)13 November 1897
Junee, New South Wales
Died7 June 1944(1944-06-07) (aged 46)
Junee, New South Wales
Resting placeJunee Cemetery
Political partyLabor Party
SpouseIda Kathleen Berger
OccupationRailway Porter

Hoad was born in Junee, the son of James Hoad, a member of the Legislative Council. He was educated at Junee Public School, and joined the Railway Department in 1913. He was a porter at Junee from 1913 to 1917 and at Narrabri from 1917 to 1920, and then an operator at Junee from 1920 until his election to parliament in 1925. He was an alderman of the Junee Shire Council from 1919 until 1922, and from 1925 to 1928. He was also the branch secretary of the Railway and Tramway Professional Officers Association until 1925.

Hoad first attempted to enter state politics at the 1922 election, but was unsuccessful in winning one of the three seats in the Cootamundra electorate. In 1925, however, incumbent Labor MLA and future Premier James McGirr lost party endorsement, and Hoad, heavily supported by the railway unions, was elected to his seat.[1] Cootamundra reverted to being a single-member electorate in 1928, and Hoad, as the Labor candidate, held off a challenge from the Country Party by 86 votes. He was re-elected with a much larger margin in 1930, but was defeated in 1932 by Country Party candidate Bill Ross. He again contested Cootamundra in 1935 and 1938, but was narrowly defeated by Ross on both occasions.

Later in life, Hoad owned property in Junee and a grazing property at Ulandera. He died at Junee in 1944, and was buried in Junee Cemetery.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Hagan, Jim (2006). People and Politics in Regional New South Wales: 1856 to the 1950s. Federation Press. p. 244. ISBN 1-86287-570-7.
  2. ^ "Mr Kenneth Oswald Hoad". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Cootamundra
1925–1932
Served alongside: Loughlin/none, Main/none
Succeeded by