Lionel Kelly
| Lionel Kelly | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 9 August 1941 – 25 March 1950 |
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| Preceded by | George Lambert |
| Succeeded by | None (abolished) |
| Constituency | Yilgarn-Coolgardie |
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In office 25 March 1950 – 23 March 1968 |
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| Preceded by | None (new seat) |
| Succeeded by | Jack Stewart |
| Constituency | Merredin-Yilgarn |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 January 1897 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 16 April 1977 (aged 80) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor (from 1946) |
| Other political affiliations |
Independent (to 1946) |
Lionel Francis Kelly (22 January 1897 – 16 April 1977) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1941 to 1968. He was initially elected as an independent, but in 1946 joined the Labor Party. He served as a minister in the government of Albert Hawke from 1953 to 1959.
Kelly was born in Perth to Margaret Ann (née Campbell) and John Kelly. He attended Christian Brothers' College, Perth, and after leaving school went to the Gascoyne, managing a station near Gascoyne Junction. He served on the Upper Gascoyne Road Board from 1927 to 1928. Kelly later moved to Bullfinch, a small town in the eastern Wheatbelt, where he ran a store. He was elected to the Yilgarn Road Board in 1929, and would serve until 1943.
Kelly first stood for parliament at the 1939 state election, as an "independent Labor" candidate, but was defeated in the seat of Yilgarn-Coolgardie by the endorsed Labor candidate, George Lambert. Lambert died in office in June 1941, and Kelly won the resulting by-election as an "independent Country" candidate. At the 1943 state election, Kelly was re-elected to Yilgarn-Coolgardie as a plain independent. However, he joined the Labor Party in July 1946, and was re-elected unopposed as a Labor candidate at the 1947 state election.
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