Background
He was born in Armidale to farmer William Kelly and Annie O"Neill.
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Francis Kelly
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Education
He attended Smith Street Public School in Balmain, leaving at twelve and working for the Oriental Tea Company as a storeman.
Career
A Randwick alderman from 1934 to 1937, he was president of the Storeman and Packers Union from 1941 to 1947 and a delegate to the Trades and Labor Council from 1931 to 1941. He was also president of the Labor Party central executive from 1943 to 1947. In 1947 he took up a position as the Commonwealth Arbitration Commissioner, which he held until 1958.
Kelly died at Concord in 1980.
Membership
From 1942 to 1947 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.
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Died
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Nationality
Australian -
Political Party
Labor Party