Kossuth William Duncan

Kossuth William Duncan (29 July 1857 – 30 June 1919) was a South Australian miller and politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council for Northern District from 1900 to 1902 and a member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Stanley from 1907 to 1910. He was later mayor of the Corporate Town of Laura from 1913 to 1914.

History[]

Kossuth W. Duncan was born in Hindmarsh, the second son of R. B. Duncan who arrived in South Australia aboard the Fitzjames in 1855.^[1] As a youth be started work for the flour milling company of Magarey & Co. then, for 20 years, with the Adelaide Milling Company. For a long time he was manager for that firm at Port Pirie, and a member of the Port Pirie Council. He was two years in Port Augusta. He served two years in the Legislative Council as member for the Northern District, and as a member of the House of Assembly for the District of Stanley. Around 1902 he moved to Laura, and for a number of years with Joseph King of Georgetown, as King & Duncan, ran the Laura flour mill.^[2] In 1911 he was elected, unopposed, to the Corporate Town of Laura, representing North Ward, and was Mayor in 1913-14.^[3] They later lived in Dulwich Avenue, Dulwich, South Australia.

Other interests[]

He was an active member of the Church of Christ, and from 1914 a trustee of the State Bank.

Family[]

He married Mary Ann Turton on 12 November 1879; their children included K. R. Duncan, Mrs L. C. Walter of , Mrs H. R. Hammill of Laura, and Mrs J. Weston of Glenside.

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