Francis Daniel Kelly (29 November 1893 – 10 March 1980) was an Australian politician. He was born in Armidale to farmer William Kelly and Annie O'Neill. He attended Smith Street

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in Balmain, leaving at twelve and working for the Oriental Tea Company as a storeman. From 1916 to 1918 he served in the 38th Battalion in World War I. In January 1920 he married Eileen Wellfare, with whom he had two children. 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

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from 1931 to 1941. From 1942 to 1947 he was a Labor member of the

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. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Francis 1893 births 1980 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians