He was born in Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia in 1888,[1] the son of Daniel V. Kenney and Margaret C. Newell, and was educated in Yarmouth. In 1915, Kenney married Janet Leila Brooks. He operated a hardware store. Kenney was a stipendiary magistrate at Terrace from 1922 to 1933.[1] Kenney served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Lands (1944 to 1945), Minister of Lands and Forests (1945 to 1952) and Minister of Public Works (1952).[2] From 1941 to 1952, he was a member of the Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly.[3] In 1958, he was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons.[4] He died on September 18, 1974.[5]