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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1868–1870 4th Picton Independent
1871–1875 5th Picton Independent
1876–1879 6th Picton Independent
1879–1881 7th Picton Independent

Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny (25 December 1835 – 12 December 1905) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand.

He and his wife(Georgina Paulina Edith Kenny) are reported to have arrived in Port Nicholson on the 'Philip Laing' 23 December 1856. They established the 'Lochmara Run' on what then was Double Cove Bay in 1859. He was Marlborough Commissioner of Crown Lands 1862- 1865 and then represented the Picton electorate from 1866 to 1881, when he retired.[1] He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 15 May 1885 and served until his death on 12 December 1905.[2]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 210. OCLC 154283103.
  2. ^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 79.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Picton
1868–1881
Succeeded by

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