Jackie Kelly

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On 21 November 2007, three days before the federal election, an anonymous member of the Liberal Party contacted the assistant secretary of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Luke Foley, with information that Liberal Party members would be distributing a flyer to letterboxes throughout the suburb of St Marys, linking the ALP with a fictional Islamic organisation. (Due to a redistribution of electoral boundaries, St Marys had been moved from the safe Labor seat of Chifley into Kelly's seat of Lindsay.) Kelly's husband, Gary Clark, and four other people, were caught when they were about to letter-box the pamphlets, which thanked the ALP for supporting Muslim terrorists. Two Liberal Party members (including Jeff Egan, and the husband of the Liberal candidate for Lindsay Greg Chijoff) were forced to resign from the party. [8]

Having already retired, Kelly categorically denied any knowledge of the pamphlets prior to their distribution. When confronted by media at her children's school drop-off the following morning, she stated: "My view is that it is a bit of a Chaser-style prank", [9] referring to the time the satirical TV program, The Chaser , had done a stunt in Mosman that involved claiming a mosque was to be built in the neighbourhood, and asking for comments from people on the street.

State politics

In February 2014, Kelly unsuccessfully contested the Liberal pre-selection for the seat of Penrith in the NSW parliament, held by Liberal Stuart Ayres. [10] In October 2014, she resigned her Liberal Party membership, stating: "There's no local voice in the Liberal Party, there's no reason to be a member because the lobbyists are running the party", and also blaming the performance of the party's State Executive. [11]

Kelly then contested Penrith at the 2015 New South Wales state election as an independent but was unsuccessful against Liberal incumbent Ayres. She did, however, direct preferences to the ALP's candidate Emma Husar. That contributed to a significant swing away from Ayres on a two-party preferred basis. Husar later won Kelly's old federal seat of Lindsay in 2016 and held it for one term.

Other

Sporting achievements

Kelly was part of Australia's elite rowing program. She was in line for selection for the Australian rowing team to the Seoul Olympics in 1988, but Rowing Australia opted not to send a women's team. In 1986, Kelly represented Australia in the under 23s rowing, in scull and double scull, as well as the Nationals. [12] She competed in the 1994 World Masters rowing in Brisbane, winning 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals, the 1997 Australian Masters Rowing Championships in Canberra, winning 1 gold and 1 bronze, and the 1997 World Masters Rowing Championships in Adelaide, winning 2 gold. [13]

Personal life

Kelly married Gary Clark, a local orthodontist, on 5 December 1998. They have two children, Dominique and Lachlan. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kelly, Jackie". The Australian Women's Register. 14 November 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Section 44 of the Constitution". www.aph.gov.au. Commonwealth Parliament. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "About Jackie". Jackie Kelly MP – Member for Lindsay. 2003. Archived from the original on 9 September 2003. Retrieved 1 September 2006.
  4. ↑ "Hon Jackie Kelly MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
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  6. ↑ "Tourism Minister under attack over Ansett crisis". ABC News . Australia. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
  7. ↑ "Kelly to quit at next election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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  11. ↑ Bourke, Latika (16 October 2014). "Former Howard government minister Jackie Kelly quits the Liberal Party". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "1986 Women's National Championships, Australian Rowing History". www.rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  13. ↑ "Kelly, Jackie (1964-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  14. ↑ Anderson, Jayne (28 August 2015). "Jackie Kelly's struggle to balance motherhood and work as a Howard government minister". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
The Honourable
Jackie Kelly
Minister for Sport
In office
21 October 1998 –26 November 2001
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Sport and Tourism
1998–2001		Succeeded by
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member for Lindsay
1996–2007		Succeeded by
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