Kenneth Williams (politician)

Kenneth Stuart Williams (13 September 1870 – 25 November 1935) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

He won the Bay of Plenty electorate in a 1920 by-election[2] after the death of the previous MP, William MacDonald;[3] and held it [1] until 1935.

He was Minister of Public Works (12 June 1926 – 10 December 1928) in the Reform Government under Gordon Coates, and briefly Minister of Lands, and Commissioner of State Forests (28 November 1928 – 10 December 1928).

[4] In 1934, he had decided to retire at the end of the term because of health problems from an accident, but died on 25 November 1935 at a garden party held in his honour, just two days before the 1935 general election.

[1] In 1935, Williams was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.