Jackie Kelly

Jacqueline Marie (Jackie) Kelly (born February 18, 1964), former Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until November 2007, representing the Division of Lindsay, New South Wales.

Early career

Kelly was born in Upper Hutt, New Zealand, and attended the Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, in North Sydney. She obtained a law degree from the University of Queensland, where she also attained a 'full blue' for rowing, and later represented Australia in the sport.Fact|date=May 2008 She was a probation and parole officer, and a legal officer with the rank of Squadron Leader in the Royal Australian Air Force, before entering politics.

Political career

In 1996, Kelly was elected twice to the seat of Lindsay, based around the suburb of Penrith on the western fringe of Sydney. The first time was at the general election on 2 March 1996; however she was later disqualified because of her RAAF employment, and not having taken steps to renounce her New Zealand citizenship. After addressing these issues, she was re-elected at a by-election on 19 October 1996 with an increased majority.cite web |url=http://www.jackiekelly.net/dynamic.asp?id=1 |title=About Jackie |accessdate=2006-09-01 |year=2003 |work=Jackie Kelly MP - Member for Lindsay]

Kelly was Minister for Sport and Tourism and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Games from 1998 to 2001, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 2001 to 2004.

While the first sitting Australian federal parliamentarian to give birth to a child was Ros Kelly in 1983, in 2000 Jackie Kelly became the first serving Australian federal minister to give birth to a child (a daughter named Dominique). In 2001 Kelly was criticised for describing the collapse of Ansett Airlines as a "blip". [ [http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s370694.htm Tourism Minister under attack over Ansett crisis] . Retrieved 23 November 2007.]

In 2006 Kelly was paired with Pavel Aubrecht when she competed on "Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice" and was eliminated third. In May 2007 she announced her intention to retire from federal politics at the 2007 election. Kelly supported Karen Chijoff after Ms Chijoff had run in the State election for the seat of Mulgoa and scored a major swing against the local state Labor member, Diane Beamer.

During the Channel Seven election night coverage on 24 November 2007, Kelly was a commentary panelist.

ee also

* Lindsay pamphlet scandal

References

External links

* [http://www.jackiekelly.net/ Personal website]

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