John Kerr (governor-general)
Sir John Robert Kerr, (24 September 1914 – 24 March 1991) was the 18th Governor-General of Australia. He dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975, marking the climax of the most significant constitutional crisis in Australian history. He had previously been the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
James Kerr (New Zealand politician)
Kerr was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland in 1834. He was an editor and worked for the "Dumfriesshire and Galloway Herald", and then the "Dumfries Courier". He emigrated to Melbourne in 1858 and after some time on gold fields, he worked for "The Age" alongside George Fisher. In 1861, he emigrated to Otago and joined the "Otago Daily Times".