Background
He was born at Green Swamp near Bathurst to pastoralist Andrew Kerr and Elizabeth Livingstone.
He was born at Green Swamp near Bathurst to pastoralist Andrew Kerr and Elizabeth Livingstone.
He sold his property in 1877. In 1879 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange, serving until 1882. In 1888 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Orange in 1907.