William Kendell was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Mount Pleasant, South Australia

Mount Pleasant, South Australia

Mount Pleasant is a town situated at the northern end of the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia, 55 kilometres east-north-east of the state capital, Adelaide . It is located in the Barossa Council and Mid Murray Council local government areas, and is at an altitude of 440 metres above sea level...

, he was educated at public schools and moved to Victoria in 1888. He farmed at Wimmera

Wimmera

The Wimmera is a region in the west of the Australian state of Victoria.It covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Australia border and north of the Great Dividing Range...

 and at Mount Mercier, and served on Dimboola

Shire of Dimboola

The Shire of Dimboola was a Local Government Area located in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1885 until 1995.-History:...

 and Borung

Shire of Warracknabeal

The Shire of Warracknabeal was a Local Government Area located about west-northwest of Bendigo and north of Horsham in western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1891 until 1995.-History:...

 Councils. In 1913, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Commonwealth Liberal Party

Commonwealth Liberal Party

The Commonwealth Liberal Party was a political movement active in Australia from 1909 to 1916, shortly after federation....

 member for Corio

Division of Corio

The Division of Corio is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Corio Bay. It has always been based on the city of Geelong, although in the past it has also included parts of the western...

, defeating Labor

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 MP Alfred Ozanne

Alfred Ozanne

Alfred Thomas Montgomery Madden Ozanne was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was the son of Marcel Charles Ozanne a frenchman and his wife Emilia Josephine Reinhardt. Ozanne has four siblings, a brother and three sisters. Ozanne married Edith Stewart Moody in 1900 and they had four...

. Kendell was defeated by Ozanne in 1914, but in 1916 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...

 for North Eastern. He was an Honorary Minister from 1917 to 1919. He remained in the Legislative Council until his death in 1922.