James Begg Kent

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1947–1949	28th	Westland		Labour
1949–1951	29th	Westland		Labour
1951–1954	30th	Westland		Labour
1954–1957	31st	Westland		Labour
1957–1960	32nd	Westland		Labour

James Begg "Jim" Kent (1885– 4 November 1970) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland and emigrated to New Zealand in 1909. In Greymouth he was a borough councillor for many years, and deputy mayor. He died in Greymouth.^[1]

He represented the West Coast electorate of Westland from a 1947 by-election after the death of James O'Brien to 1960, when he retired.^[2]

References

1. Obituary in "Evening Post" (Wellington), Wednesday 4 November 1970 p9
2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 210. OCLC 154283103.

• Gustafson, Barry (1986). From the Cradle to the Grave: a biography of Michael Joseph Savage. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00138-5.