| Dr. Patrick Kerwin | |
| Constituency Am1: | Merthyr |
| Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 11 May 1929 |
| Term End1: | 11 June 1932 |
| Predecessor1: | Peter McLachlan |
| Successor1: | James Keogh |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Cork, Ireland |
| Death Place: | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Restingplace: | Nudgee Cemetery |
| Birthname: | Patrick James Kerwin |
| Nationality: | Irish Australian |
| Party: | CPNP |
| Spouse: | Mary Elizabeth Walsh (m.1903 d.1943) |
| Occupation: | Doctor |
Patrick James Kerwin (26 July 1873 – 2 September 1950) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Kerwin was born in Cork, Ireland, the son of Patrick Kerwin and his wife Catherine (née O'Rourke). He completed medical studies in Scotland and served as a ship's doctor before arriving in Northern Queensland in 1903. He then served with the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming a practicing physician, first at Port Douglas for five years, then at Cairns for eleven years, then finally settling in Brisbane.[1]
On 7 October 1903 Kerwin married Mary Elizabeth Walsh and together they had one daughter. He died in September 1950[1] and his funeral proceeded from the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, New Farm to the Nudgee Cemetery.[2]
Representing the CPNP, Kerwin won the seat of Merthyr in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1929, defeating the sitting member, Peter McLachlan of the Labor Party.[3] He served one term before being defeated three years later by Labor's James Keogh.[1]