Hugh Craine Kelly, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Hugh Craine Kelly

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1848

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1891

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hugh Craine Kelly (2 December 1848 – 13 January 1891) was a farmer and politician in colonial South Australia. Hugh was born the fifth son of William Kelly (1804–1888) of Cudlee Creek and Gumeracha, South Australia.
He was educated at Prince Alfred College and farmed at Alma, South Australia. He was of Chairman of the Alma District Council and President of the Alma Farmers' Union.
He was a worker for the temperance movement and lay preacher at his Wesleyan Methodist church. He was elected to the seat of Wooroora in the South Australian House of Assembly and served from April 1890 until the following January, when he died as a result of being thrown from a buggy near Port Wakefield.
James Cowan and J.
G.
Ramsay met similar deaths.
One critic praised him for his clear and melodious voice, his matter-of-fact clarity of expression, steadfastness of purpose and imperviousness to flattery.His brother Robert won the ensuing by-election.