Kevin Izod O'Doherty

Dr Kevin O'Doherty
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Town of Brisbane
In office
22 June 1867 – 14 November 1873
Preceded byWilliam Brookes
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office
12 May 1877 – 4 November 1885
Member of the British House of the Commons
for North Meath
In office
27 November 1885 – 7 July 1886
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byPierce Mahony
Personal details
Born
Kevin Izod O'Doherty

(1823-09-07)7 September 1823
Dublin, Ireland
Died15 July 1905(1905-07-15) (aged 81)
Brisbane, Australia
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityIrish Australian
SpouseMary Anne Kelly (m.1855 d.1910)
Alma materRoyal College of Surgeons in Ireland
OccupationSurgeon, Journalist
Known forThe Irish Patriot

Kevin Izod O'Doherty (7 September 1823 – 15 July 1905) was an Irish Australian politician who, as a Young Irelander, had been transported to Tasmania in 1849. He was first elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1867. In 1885 he returned to Europe briefly serving as an Irish Home Rule MP at Westminster before returning in 1886 as a private citizen to Brisbane.