Morley Kells
| Morley Kells | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1995–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Ruth Grier |
| Succeeded by | Laurel Broten |
| Constituency | Etobicoke—Lakeshore |
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In office 1981–1985 |
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| Preceded by | John MacBeth |
| Succeeded by | Jim Henderson |
| Constituency | Humber |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 26, 1936 Midland, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Mimico, Toronto |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Morley Kells (born January 26, 1936) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on two separate occasions from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2003, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Toronto City Council in the 2010 municipal election.
Kells was born in Midland, Ontario in 1936. He was raised in the village of Mimico in the southern part of Etobicoke in west Toronto. He was a lacrosse player from 1954 to 1961. In 1955 became a Minto Cup champion with the Canadian Junior Lacrosse Long Branch team. He worked as a coach in the 1960s and 1970s, and started the semi-professional Ontario Lacrosse Association in 1972. In 1974-75, he co-founded the National Lacrosse League, with six teams in Canada and the United States. He received the Lester B. Pearson Award for contribution to sport in 1973, and was named to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1976.
Kells also worked as a journalist, writing for The Telegram newspaper and serving as communications accounting executive for MacLaren Advertising. From 1965 to 1970, he served as the creative director for Hockey Night in Canada. From 1990 to 1995, he served as president of the Urban Development Institute of Ontario.
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