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Russell Temple Kelley (September 10, 1877 – February 20, 1952) was an
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insurance broker and political figure. He represented
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in the
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as a Progressive Conservative member from 1945 to 1951.


Background

He was born in
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in 1877, the son of James Kelley. In 1910, he married Grace Gillespie Powis.


Politics

Kelley served as Minister of Health in the provincial cabinet from 1946 to 1950; he was also Minister Without Portfolio from 1950 to 1951. He served as president of the local Chamber of Commerce and was director of the local
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. He died at his home in Hamilton in 1952. He had been in declining health ever since suffering a stroke during a sitting of the legislature in his final term.


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Hamilton Gallery of Distinction, Hamilton Public Library
1877 births 1952 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Ontario People from Huron County, Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub