William Kenneth Kiernan | |
Birth Date: | 25 July 1916 |
Birth Place: | Peace River, Alberta, Canada |
Death Place: | Delta, British Columbia, Canada |
Constituency Am: | Chilliwack |
Assembly: | British Columbia Legislative |
Predecessor: | Leslie Harvey Eyres |
Successor: | Harvey Schroeder |
Term Start: | November 24, 1952 |
Term End: | August 30, 1972 |
Party: | Social Credit |
William Kenneth Kiernan (July 25, 1916 – August 26, 1997) was a Canadian businessman and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Chilliwack in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1952 to 1972 as a Social Credit member.
He was born in Peace River, Alberta, the son of Herbert Wallace Kiernan and Violet Grace Griffith, and was educated there and in Victoria, British Columbia. Kiernan was married to Mary Juanita Evans in 1938. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Mines (and then Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources), Minister of Recreation and Conservation, Minister of Travel Industry and Minister of Commercial Transport.[1] He died in Delta, British Columbia in August 1997 at the age of 81.[2] [3]