Alexander Kethel

Alexander Kethel (2 November 1832 – 23 June 1916) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.

He was born in Perth to carpenter William Kethel and Mary Watson. After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a shoemaker and then went to sea, travelling in the North Sea and the Mediterranean before arriving in Sydney. Here he worked as a timber merchant and eventually a ship owner. In 1861 he married Mary Ann Yeates; they had seven children. A Free Trader, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1885 for West Sydney. Re-elected in 1887, he did not re-contest in 1889. In 1895 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Castle Hill in 1916.[1]

References

1. "Mr Alexander Kethel (1832-1916)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Angus Cameron George Merriman	Member for West Sydney 1885–1889 Served alongside: Abigail, O'Connor, Young/Merriman	Succeeded by Alfred Lamb Thomas Playfair