William Kent (Australian politician)

William Kent (29 March 1856 - 5 February 1906) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Kent was born at Jondaryan, Queensland, the son of William Kent Snr. and his wife Martha (née Turner) and he was educated privately and in Sydney. For his entire working life Kent worked on stations in the Burnett area of Queensland.

On the 29th November 1882 he married Emily Celia Sly (died 1952) and together had five sons and two daughters. Kent died in February 1906 at Oakey and was buried in the Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery.

Kent won the seat of Burnett in the Queensland Legislative Assembly at the 1899 Queensland colonial election. He held the seat until 1904 when he did not stand at the year's general election.