John Kelly (New South Wales politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Kelly (New South Wales politician)
Date of Birth: 
About John Kelly (New South Wales politician)
- John Edward Kelly (17 June 1840 – 4 November 1896) was an Australian politician. He was born at Swan Reach near Morpeth to settler James Kelly and Mary O'Keefe.
- He was the storekeeper on the family station, and by the age of eighteen was a head stockman.
- From 1862 he was a pastoralist in his own right at Bourke.
- In 1875, he moved to Sydney, where he operated a dairy and sawmill; he also owned a Molong copper mill.
- On 26 August 1862 he married Margaret Agnes Tierney, with whom he had seven children.
- In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as a Free Trade member for Bogan.
- He was defeated in 1889.
- Kelly died at Peak Hill in 1896.
Read more at Wikipedia