Bert Kelly
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The Honourable Bert Kelly CMG |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wakefield |
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In office 22 November 1958 – 10 November 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Philip McBride |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Giles |
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22 December 1912 Tarlee, South Australia |
| Died | 17 January 1997 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Charles Robert "Bert" Kelly CMG (22 December 1912 – 17 January 1997), was an Australian politician and government minister. He was influential in moving Australian political parties away from support for high-tariff policies.
Kelly was born in Tarlee, South Australia and educated at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide. His father, Stan Kelly was a part-time Commissioner of the Commonwealth Tariff Board from 1929 to 1940, and supported its opposition to the high-tariff policies of successive Australian governments. He was a farmer before entering politics and in 1951, he was granted a Nuffield Fellowship to study farming in the United Kingdom.
Kelly was elected as the Liberal Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Wakefield at the 1958 election. He was a passionate supporter of free trade, when this was very much a minority opinion in Australia. Kelly was Minister for Works from February 1967 to February 1968 in the Holt and Gorton ministries and then Minister for the Navy until November 1969. His period as minister may have been limited by his free trade views.
After Kelly's departure from the ministry, he wrote a column in the Australian Financial Review, Modest Member, supporting free trade. When the seat of Angas was abolished in 1977, its member Geoffrey Giles beat Kelly for preselection for Wakefield.
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