Sir Frank Tennyson Perry (4 February 1887 – 20 October 1965) was an industrialist and politician in the State of South Australia.
He started working for his uncle in 1903,[1] and was made manager of the newly acquired Gawler workshops of Martin & Co.,[2] in 1915; he became works manager of the Mile End factory around 1918, and on his uncle's death inherited, and greatly expanded the business, both at Mile End and Whyalla.
[3] In 1924 he was elected Councillor, and in 1928 Alderman with the Corporate Town of St Peters, and served as mayor 1932–1933.
[5] He was elected to a Central District No.2 seat in the Legislative Council in 1947 and held it until his death in 1965.
[6] He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1951,[7] and knighted in 1954.