Jackie Kelly


Jackie Kelly
Minister for Sport
In office
21 October 1998 – 26 November 2001
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byAndrew Thomson
Succeeded byRod Kemp
Minister for Tourism
In office
21 October 1998 – 26 November 2001
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byAndrew Thomson
Succeeded byJoe Hockey
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Lindsay
In office
2 March 1996 – 17 October 2007
Preceded byRoss Free
Succeeded byDavid Bradbury
Personal details
Born (1964-02-18) 18 February 1964 (age 55)
Upper Hutt, New Zealand
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (1996–2014)
Independent (2014–)
Spouse(s)Gary Clark
OccupationLegal officer

Jacqueline Marie Kelly (born 18 February 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

Jackie 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.[1]

In 1987 she commenced work with the Corrective Services Department of Queensland and worked as a Probation and Parole Officer. In May 1989 Kelly was admitted to practice as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland. From 1989-1996 she was a Legal Officer (Squadron Leader) with the Royal Australian Air Force and in June 1995 she was awarded the Helsham prize for her services to the RAAF Legal Category.

Political career

Federal politics

In 1996, Jacqueline 'Jackie' Marie Kelly was elected to the seat of Lindsay, based around the suburb of Penrith on the western fringe of Sydney.

March 1996: The first time Jackie was elected was the general election on 2 March 1996, but she was later disqualified because of her RAAF employment (Subsection (iv) disqualifies those who hold an office of profit under the Crown or receive a Commonwealth pension ‘payable during the pleasure of the Crown’), and not having taken steps to renounce her New Zealand citizenship. (Section 44 of the Constitution sets out restrictions on who can be a candidate for Federal parliament. Any person who - (1) Is under any acknowledgement of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to a foreign power, or is a subject or a citizen or entitled to the rights or privileges of a subject or citizen of a foreign power.[2]

October 1996: After ensuring a full resignation from the RAAF before submitting a nomination for election, and a complete citizenship renunciation, Jackie was re-elected at a by-election on 19 October 1996 with an increased majority.[3]

October 1998: (The Goods and Services Tax (GST) election) Jackie was re-elected on a slim majority.

October 2004: Jackie was elected by a 10.52% majority.

Ministerial appointments[4]
  • Minister for Sport and Tourism from 21.10.1998 to 26.11.2001.
  • Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Games from 21.10.1998 to 30.1.2001.
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 26.11.2001 to 26.10.2004.

Political achievements

In 1999, Jackie hosted the International Drugs in Sport Summit to address doping issues ahead of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[5] 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 2000, Kelly was the minister for sport and tourism while Sydney was hosting the Olympic Games. In 2001 Kelly was bullied by the TWU for describing the collapse of Ansett Airlines over her comment that the Ansett crisis was "about getting over a little blip and getting back into the very, very bright future that is ahead for tourism.".[6] When Jackie was the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister (for the Office of the Status of Women), Jackie was instrumental in the development and implementation of the 'Baby Bonus' scheme, introduced in 2002, through to 2007. In 2006, Kelly was paired with Pavel Aubrecht when she competed on Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice and was eliminated third.[citation needed]

In May 2007 Kelly announced her intention to retire from federal politics at the 2007 election to be held later that year.[7]

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.[8] In October 1914, Jackie 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 the influence of lobbyists and the State Executive.[9]

Kelly then contested Penrith at the 2015 New South Wales election as an independent but was unsuccessful against Liberal incumbent Ayres. She did, however, direct preferences to the ALP . That contributed to a significant swing away from Ayres on a two-party preferred basis.

Other

Sporting achievements

Jackie 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 before Rowing Australia opted not to send a women’s team to Seoul. In 1986, Kelly represented Australia in the under 23s rowing, Scull, Double scull, as well as the Nationals [10] and she has competed in the 1994 World Masters rowing in Brisbane (2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), the 1997 Australian Masters Rowing Championships in Canberra (1 gold, 1 bronze) and the 1997 World Masters Rowing Championships in Adelaide (2 gold).[11]

Personal life

Jackie Kelly married Gary Clark, a local orthodontist, on 5 December 1998. Jackie has 2 children (Dominique and Lachlan).[12]

Pamphlet scandal

On 21 November 2007, three days before the federal election, an anonymous member of the Liberal Party contacted the assistant secretary of the ALP, Luke Foley, with information that a flyer linking Foley's party with an fictional Islamic organisation was to be distributed in letterboxes throughout the suburb of St Marys by Liberal members. (Due to a redistribution of electoral boundaries, St Marys had recently been moved from the safe Labor seat of Chifley into Jackie Kelly's seat of Lindsay.) Kelly's husband Gary Clark was caught with four other people in the electorate of Lindsay about to letter-box some fake pamphlets purporting to be from an Islamic group (which did not exist), and thanking the Labor Party 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.[13] Jackie Kelly, already having retired, categorically denied any knowledge of the pamphlets prior to their distribution, stating "My view is that it is a bit of a Chaser-style prank," when confronted unsuspecting at her children's school drop-off the following morning.[14] referring to when 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.

References

  1. ^ "Kelly, Jackie". The Australian Women's Register. 14 November 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "Section 44 of the Constitution". www.aph.gov.au. 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. ^ corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House, Canberra. "The Hon Jackie Kelly MP". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ corporateName=International Drugs in Sport Summitd(1999 :cSydney, N. S. W. ); corporateName=Australia. bDept. of Industry, Science and Resources (30 November 2000). "International Inter-governmental Consultative Group Against Doping in Sport (IICGADS)". pandora.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  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.
  8. ^ Nicholls, Sean (8 February 2014). "Stuart Ayres' seat of Penrith wanted by former MP Jackie Kelly,". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "1986 Women's National Championships, Australian Rowing History". www.rowinghistory-aus.info. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Kelly, Jackie (1964-) - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Fake flyer distributors apologise". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  14. ^ Davies, Shaun (22 November 2007). "Libs' fake Muslim letter roundly condemned". National Nine News. ninemsn Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Warwick Smith
Minister for Sport and Tourism
1998–2001
Succeeded by
Rod Kemp
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Ross Free
Member for Lindsay
1996–2007
Succeeded by
David Bradbury

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