The Hon. Christopher Augustus KELLY (1890 - 1967)**

Date of Birth: 21/08/1890 Place of Birth: Obley near Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 25/03/1967 Place of Death: Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 30 May 1925 18 May 1932 6yrs 11mths 19days 26th (1922 - 1925) 27th (1925 - 1927) 28th (1927 - 1930) 29th (1930 - 1932) Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 21 May 1935 25 Mar 1967 31yrs 10mths 5days 31st (1935 - 1938) 32nd (1938 - 1941) 33rd (1941 - 1944) 34th (1944 - 1947) 35th (1947 - 1950) 36th (1950 - 1953) 37th (1953 - 1956) 38th (1956 - 1959) 39th (1950 - 1953) 40th (1962 - 1965) 41st (1965 - 1968) Member for Bathurst 30 May 1925 7 Sep 1927 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s) 27th (1925 - 1927) Member for Bathurst 8 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s) 28th (1927 - 1930) Member for Bathurst 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) 29th (1930 - 1932) Member for Bathurst 21 May 1935 24 Feb 1938 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 4day(s) 31st (1935 - 1938) Member for Bathurst 26 Mar 1938 18 Apr 1941 3yr(s) 24day(s) 32nd (1938 - 1941) Member for Bathurst 22 Apr 1941 24 Apr 1944 3yr(s) 3day(s) 33rd (1941 - 1944) Member for Bathurst 27 May 1944 29 Mar 1947 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s) 34th (1944 - 1947) Member for Bathurst 3 May 1947 22 May 1950 3yr(s) 20day(s) 35th (1947 - 1950) Member for Bathurst 17 Jun 1950 14 Jan 1953 2yr(s) 6mth(s) 29day(s) 36th (1950 - 1953) Member for Bathurst 19 Jan 1953 6 Feb 1956 3yr(s) 19day(s) 37th (1953 - 1956) Member for Bathurst 21 Mar 1959 5 Feb 1962 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 16day(s) 39th (1950 - 1953) Member for Bathurst 3 Mar 1962 31 Mar 1965 3yr(s) 29day(s) 40th (1962 - 1965) Member for Bathurst 1 May 1965 25 Mar 1967 1yr(s) 10mth(s) 25day(s) 41st (1965 - 1968) Minister for Health 16 May 1941 30 Jun 1950 9yr(s) 1mth(s) 15day(s) Minister for Housing 30 Jun 1950 2 Apr 1952 1yr(s) 9mth(s) 4day(s) Colonial Secretary 3 Apr 1952 23 Feb 1953 10mth(s) 21day(s) Colonial Secretary and Minister for Immigration 23 Feb 1953 15 Mar 1956 3yr(s) 22day(s) Minister for Housing 1 Apr 1954 2 Sep 1954 5mth(s) 2day(s) Minister for Co-operative Societies 1 Apr 1954 15 Mar 1956 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s) Colonial Secretary, Minister for Immigration and Minister for Co-operative Societies 15 Mar 1956 1 Apr 1959 3yr(s) 18day(s) Chief Secretary and Minister for Tourist Activities 1 Apr 1959 14 Mar 1962 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s) Chief Secretary and Minister for Tourist Activities 1 Apr 1959 14 Mar 1962 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s) Acting Minister for Health 7 Sep 1960 16 Nov 1960 2mth(s) 10day(s) Chief Secretary and Minister for Tourist Activities 14 Mar 1962 13 May 1965 3yr(s) 1mth(s) 30day(s)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1906, secretary of Portland branch for eighteen years, president of state electorate council.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Cement tester. Family moved on father's death to Bodangora near Wellington; educated at Wellington convent; labourer with Railways Department; at age eighteen became a labourer in limestone quarries at Portland, after an accident became a cement tester; gatekeeper at Sydney Cricket Ground from 1932 until 1935; branch secretary of clerks division of Australian Workers' Union at Portland; trustee of Sydney Cricket Ground; trustee of Kuringai Chase; cricketer and footballer.

Military Service

Served in Australian Infantry Forces from 1915 from 1919, 17th Battalion and 1st Field Ambulance, Egypt and France, Private.

Personal

Son of John Kelly, labourer, and Margaret Kearney. Married Eileen Mary Mitchell on 6 January 1923 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Funeral at Northern Suburbs Lawn cemetery from St Therese of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic church at Beauty Point.

Additional Information

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