# Jeremy Kinross > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeremy_Kinross > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jeremy_Kinross.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kinross > Source revision: 1349971632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian politician (1959–2025)}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jeremy Kinross | image = Jeremy_Kinross.webp | alt = | caption = Kinross c.1992 | constituency_AM = [Gordon](/source/Electoral_district_of_Gordon_(New_South_Wales)) | assembly = New South Wales Legislative | parliament = | term_start = 1992 | term_end = 1999 | predecessor = [Tim Moore](/source/Tim_Moore_(Australian_politician)) | successor = ''Seat Abolished'' | prior_term = | birth_date = {{birth date|1959|12|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|2025|7|19|1959|12|18|df=y}} | death_place = [Phuket](/source/Phuket), Thailand | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | citizenship = | party = [Liberal](/source/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party) | other_party = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | portfolio = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Jeremy Stirton Prevost Kinross''' (18 December 1959 – 19 July 2025) was an Australian politician. He was the [Liberal Party](/source/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party) member for [Gordon](/source/Electoral_district_of_Gordon_(New_South_Wales)) in the [New South Wales Legislative Assembly](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) from [1992](/source/1992_Gordon_state_by-election) to [1999](/source/1999_New_South_Wales_state_election). ==Life and career== Kinross was born in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) on 18 December 1959, to John Stirton Kinross and his wife Elisabeth. He was educated at [The King's School, Parramatta](/source/The_King's_School%2C_Parramatta), before attending the [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales) and [Macquarie University](/source/Macquarie_University), receiving a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) (with Honours) and a [Bachelor of Commerce](/source/Bachelor_of_Commerce) and an MBA, becoming both a Barrister and Chartered Accountant. He was a fellow of the [Taxation Institute of Australia](/source/Taxation_Institute_of_Australia) and author of the taxation section for the Commercial Law Association. He joined the [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(New_South_Wales_Division)) in 1986.{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Jeremy Stirton Prevost Kinross (1959– ) |id=2105 |former=Yes |accessdate=13 May 2019}} In 1992, the [Liberal member](/source/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party) for the local state seat of [Gordon](/source/Electoral_district_of_Gordon_(New_South_Wales)),{{Cite web |title=Mr Jeremy Stirton Prevost KINROSS, M.B.A., LL.B.(Hons.), B. Comm., A.C.A., F.T.I.A. |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/member-details.aspx?pk=2105 |access-date=23 May 2025 |website=www.parliament.nsw.gov.au}} [Tim Moore](/source/Tim_Moore_(Australian_politician)), resigned over the findings of the [Independent Commission Against Corruption](/source/Independent_Commission_Against_Corruption_(New_South_Wales)), having been linked to the [Metherell affair](/source/Terry_Metherell). Kinross was selected as the Liberal candidate to contest the by-election, which he won easily,{{cite NSW election |year=1991 |district=Gordon_1 |title=1992 Gordon by-election |accessdate=2 July 2020}} (with an almost unprecedented swing against [the Government](/source/Fahey%E2%80%93Murray_ministry_(1992)) of only 5%) as the [Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(New_South_Wales_Branch)) did not field a candidate. However, in a [by-election](/source/1992_Ku-ring-gai_state_by-election) in the neighbouring [seat of Ku-ring-gai](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ku-ring-gai) on that very same day (caused by the resignation of the then [Premier Nick Greiner](/source/Nick_Greiner)), the Liberal Party suffered a 19% swing taking, for the first time ever, the seat to preferences.{{cite NSW election |year=1991 |district=Ku-ring-gai_1 |title=1992 Ku-ring-gai by-election |accessdate=2 July 2020}} Both these seats were 'jewels in the Crown' for the Liberal Party – and there appears no public analysis or record whatsoever as to the reason(s) for that huge difference. Kinross was [re-elected in 1995](/source/1995_New_South_Wales_state_election),{{cite NSW election |year=1995 |district=Gordon |accessdate=2 July 2020}} but in 1999 his seat was abolished. In the reshuffle of [North Shore](/source/North_Shore_(Sydney)) Liberal MPs, Kinross missed out on a seat, whilst [Stephen O'Doherty](/source/Stephen_O'Doherty) in Ku-ring-gai was rewarded with the newly re-created [seat of Hornsby](/source/Electoral_district_of_Hornsby) (held by Liberal [Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Neil Pickard](/source/Neil_Pickard) until 1991). Kinross contested preselection for the [Legislative Council](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Council), which is the upper house of the New South Wales parliament, but was unsuccessful. Much writing on the Liberal Party factions (especially in NSW){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GT6UG9TKZTMC|title=The Liberals: The NSW Division 1945–2000|last=Hancock|first=Ian|date=20 September 2007|publisher=Federation Press|isbn=9781862876590|language=en}} has attributed his downfall to them or, perhaps more accurately, to 'collateral damage' which also saw the chief factional [powerbroker](/source/Power_broker) in NSW and deputy Liberal leader [Ron Phillips](/source/Ron_Phillips_(politician)), and his colleague [Michael Photios](/source/Michael_Photios), both defeated in that [1999 general election](/source/1999_New_South_Wales_state_election). The latter has been well documented in the Book "The Bear Pit" by former [Leader of the Opposition in NSW, Peter Collins](/source/Peter_Collins_(New_South_Wales_politician)).{{Cite book|title=The Bear Pit|last=Collins|first=Peter|publisher=Allen & Unwin|year=2000}} Kinross subsequently retired.{{Cite NSW election |year=1999 |district=Ku-ring-gai |accessdate=30 April 2019}} Kinross died in a choking accident in [Phuket](/source/Phuket_(city)), Thailand, on 19 July 2025, at the age of 65.{{Cite web |last=McSweeney |first=Jessica |last2=Hope |first2=Zach |date=23 July 2025 |title=Former NSW MP dies suddenly in Thailand |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/former-nsw-mp-dies-suddenly-in-thailand-20250723-p5mh9e.html |access-date=23 July 2025 |website=[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald) |language=en |name-list-style=and |url-status=live |archive-date=23 July 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250723100138/https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/former-nsw-mp-dies-suddenly-in-thailand-20250723-p5mh9e.html}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-nsw-la}} {{succession box | title=Member for [Gordon](/source/Electoral_district_of_Gordon_(New_South_Wales)) | before=[Tim Moore](/source/Tim_Moore_(Australian_politician))| after=Abolished | years=1992–1999}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinross, Jeremy}} Category:1959 births Category:2025 deaths Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Category:People educated at The King's School, Parramatta --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jeremy Kinross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kinross) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Kinross?action=history)). 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