Henry Kemp
Henry Kenneth Kemp B.Ag.Sc. (25 September 1912 – 29 June 1973),[1] often referred to as "Harry Kemp", was a politician in South Australia.
History
Henry Kemp was born at Unley Park a son of H. Kemp, a proprietor (with brother H. J. Kemp) of Kemp's Nurseries at the corner of Unley Road and Cross Road, Kingswood.
He was the first to graduate BSc. with honours from the Agricultural Science Faculty at Roseworthy Agricultural College and was appointed Horticultural Research Officer with South Australian Department of Agriculture.[2] following a commonwealth grant for a study into the apple and pear industry.[3] He enlisted with the RAAF in 1941[4] By 1946 he had resumed his work and was promoted to Senior Research Officer in 1949. In March 1954 he resigned from the service to concentrate on his orchard and dairy property at Balhannah. He conducted a weekly horticultural column in The Chronicle from June 1954.[5]
He was in June 1964 elected as a Liberal candidate to a Southern district seat in the Legislative Council, and died in office.
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