He represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from November 1997 to March 1998.
[1] Born in 1932 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kinley graduated with a medical degree from Dalhousie University in 1956.
[4] Kinley entered provincial politics in 1997, running as the Liberal candidate in a byelection for the Halifax Citadel riding.
[6] On November 4, 1997, he defeated NDP candidate Peter Delefes by 165 votes to win the byelection.
[11][12] Kinley ran again in the 1999 election,[13] but finished third as Progressive Conservative Jane Purves won the seat, defeating Delefes by 434 votes.