Career
He represented Ferryland in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1865 to 1869. He was born in Ferryland. Kearney operated ship yards on Conception Bay and at Saint John"son
He died at Saint John"s in 1885.
Kearney was known as Newfoundland"s greatest ship builder. The most famous ships that were under his construction were the Ida, the Shamrock and the Gauntlet.