William Kerr (February 27, 1836 – November 22, 1906) was a lawyer and political figurein Ontario, Canada.
[1] He was born in Ameliasburg, Upper Canada in 1836,[1] the son of Francis William Kerr, an Irish immigrant, and Olive Shelley, and was educated at Victoria University in Cobourg.
Kerr was named to the Senate in 1899 and died in office in 1906[1] in Toronto, Ontario.
[2] He married Myra Jane Field, the sister of MPPs John C. and Corelli C.
[3] His daughter, Edith Kerr Macdonald (1870–1957), was the first woman to hold a municipal office in Cobourg.