George Kempton

George Adam Kempton (6 August 1871 – 7 June 1945) was an Australian dentist and politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1926 to 1932, representing Central Province.

[1] He came to Western Australia in 1892, during the gold rush, and prospected for several years in the Coolgardie and Lake Carey districts.

[2] Kempton was elected to the Geraldton Municipal Council in 1910, and later served three terms as the town's mayor – from 1913 to 1915, from 1920 to 1921, and from 1923 to 1924.

[2] He entered parliament at the 1926 Legislative Council election, defeating the sitting Labor member, Thomas Moore.

[1] He subsequently returned to his dentistry practice,[2] and eventually retired to Perth, dying there in June 1945 (aged 73).