Kenneth Burgoyne Tomkins (14 September 1917 – 20 July 1990) was a politician in

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. He was a

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Politics

Ken Tomkins was a member of the

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from 1949 to 1967 and its chairman from 1967 to 1975. On 14 March 1967, the Country Party member for

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in the

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, William Ewan, died. Standing as the Country Party candidate, Ken Tomkins won the resulting by-election on 24 June 1967. He held that seat until 22 October 1983, when he did not contest the 1983 election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomkins, Ken Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1917 births 1990 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians