Russell Kerr

Russell Whiston Kerr (1 February 1921 – 15 November 1983), was a British Labour Party politician.

Early life

Kerr was educated at the Shore School, Sydney, Sydney Church of England Grammar School and Sydney University. He served with the Pathfinder Force of the Royal Air Force during World War II. He became a director of the Town and Country Planning Association and an air charter executive. He was a national executive member of the Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians from 1964.

Parliamentary career

Kerr contested Horsham in 1951, Merton and Morden in 1959 and Preston North in 1964.

He was Member of Parliament for Feltham from 1966 to 1974, and for Feltham and Heston from 1974 to 1983. He lost his seat in that year's landslide defeat for Labour, to the Conservative Patrick Ground.

Family

In 1960 he married Anne Kerr, later Member of Parliament for Rochester and Chatham from 1964 to 1970.

Death

On 15 November 1983 he was found dead in his car in Twickenham; he was believed to have suffered a stroke. He was aged 62.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Russell Kerr

References

• Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1966 & 1983
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Albert Hunter	Member of Parliament for Feltham 1966 – Feb 1974	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Feltham and Heston Feb 1974 – 1983	Succeeded by Patrick Ground