Date of Birth: 16/04/1905
Place of Birth: Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 07/12/1995
Place of Death: Macquarie Fields, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for East Hills |
13 Feb 1971 |
19 Oct 1973 |
2 years 8 months 7 days |
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| Member for East Hills |
24 Feb 1968 |
13 Jan 1971 |
2 years 10 months 21 days |
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| Member for East Hills |
01 May 1965 |
23 Jan 1968 |
2 years 8 months 24 days |
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| Member for East Hills |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Member for East Hills |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member for East Hills |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
03 Mar 1956 |
19 Oct 1973 |
17 years 7 months 17 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1946, president. Secretary of Padstow branch, member of state and federal and state electorate councils, executive member in 1965.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Engine driver. Educated at Chatswood Intermediate High School; janitor; steelworker, metallurgist; engine-driver employed at state and Punchbowl brickworks; three years with civil construction corps during 1939 until 1945 war; member of Federated Engine Drivers and Fireman's Association; delgate to Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Uganda in 1967.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Bankstown from 1953 until 1954; parliamentary representative on Town and Country Advisory committee from 1959 until 1964.
Personal
Son of Robert Longworth Kelly, coalminer, and his wife Rosemary Brockband. Married Grace Margaret Stent on 19 February 1927 and they had 1 daughter and 1 son. Church of England.
