William Henry Kitson was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1924 to 1947.
11 Facts About William Kitson
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William Kitson was a minister in the governments of Philip Collier, John Willcock, and Frank Wise, and later served as Agent-General for Western Australia from 1947 until his death.
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William Kitson came to Western Australia in 1910, and initially worked as a labourer at Torbay, a small locality near Albany.
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William Kitson was elected to parliament at the 1924 Legislative Council election, succeeding Robert Lynn in West Province.
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William Kitson returned to the ministry when Labor was re-elected at the 1933 election.
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Collier resigned as premier in 1936, and William Kitson was made Chief Secretary in the new ministry formed by John Willcock.
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William Kitson was replaced as education minister after the 1943 election, although the position of Minister for Police was recreated.
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William Kitson remained a minister until the Labor government's defeat at the 1947 election.
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In July 1946, William Kitson was named to succeed Frank Troy as Agent-General for Western Australia, representing the state government in London.
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William Kitson did not take up the position until May 1947, when his resignation from parliament was formalised.
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William Kitson had married Mabel Alport in 1915, with whom he had four children.