Arthur Ellis Kinsella QSO (15 January 1918 – 4 March 2004) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and was a cabinet minister.

[1] In World War II he served with NZ Engineer Forces (7th Field Company) in UK, Middle East and Greece where he was wounded and returned to New Zealand.

[2][3] He was Minister of Broadcasting (1960–1963)[4][5][6] in the second National Government under Keith Holyoake, overseeing the introduction of Television to New Zealand.

[10] As a minister he enabled private stations on radio and television (rather than limit them to direct state stewardship) via the Broadcasting Corporation amendment bill.

[15][16] After his retirement from politics, he was a business consultant before his return to teaching as Principal of the Technical Correspondence Institute.