Otto Paul James Kelland (born 1933) is a former politician in

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. He represented Naskaupi in the

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from 1985 to 1992. The son of Otto Kelland, he was born in St. John's and was educated at

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and at St. John's Vocational Institute. Kelland worked in telecommunications as a radio operator and administrator. After amalgamation created the town of

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, he became its first mayor in 1974. Kelland was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1985 and was reelected in 1989. He was named to the provincial cabinet as Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Wildlife and Parks. He resigned from cabinet in June 1991. Kelland resigned his seat in the assembly on May 28, 1992.

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