Patrick Kerwin (politician)

Patrick James Kerwin (26 July 1873 – 2 September 1950) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He completed medical studies in Scotland and served as a ship's doctor before arriving in Northern Queensland in 1903.

He died in September 1950[1] and his funeral proceeded from the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, New Farm to the Nudgee Cemetery.

[2] Representing the CPNP, Kerwin won the seat of Merthyr in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1929, defeating the sitting member, Peter McLachlan of the Labor Party.

[3] He served one term before being defeated three years later by Labor's James Keogh.