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{{short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
|name = Ken Davies
|honorific-suffix =
|image =
|caption =
| constituency_AM = [[Electoral district of Townsville|Townsville]]
| assembly = Queensland Legislative
|term_start = 2 December 1989
|term_end = 19 September 1992
|predecessor = [[Tony Burreket]]
|successor = [[Geoff Smith (politician)|Geoff Smith]]

| constituency_AM1 = [[Electoral district of Mundingburra|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 = [[Australia]]n
|party = [[Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)|Labor]]
|otherparty = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|spouse =
| children =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = [[Accountant]]
| relations =
}}

'''Kenneth Henry Davies''' (born 8 July 1948) is an Australian politician who represented the seats of [[Electoral district of Townsville|Townsville]] and [[electoral district of Mundingburra|Mundingburra]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Queensland|Queensland Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)|Labor Party]].<ref name=qp>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>Easton, Alex (22 October 2005). "Labour of hate still lingering: Decade-old spat returns to haunt ALP and Davies", ''[[Townsville Bulletin]]'', p. 12.</ref> A close race in the [[1995 Queensland state election|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 [[1996 Mundingburra state by-election|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{s-bef|before= [[Tony Burreket]]}}
{{s-ttl |title= Member for [[Electoral district of Townsville|Townsville]]|years=1989–1992}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Geoff Smith (politician)|Geoff Smith]]}}
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{{s-ttl |title= Member for [[Electoral district of Mundingburra|Mundingburra]]|years=1989–1992}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Frank Tanti]]}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland]]
[[Category:People from Longreach, Queensland]]

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