Edward Kellett (New Zealand politician)

Edward Kellett (7 November 1864 – 15 May 1922) was a New Zealand Independent Labour Member of Parliament for a Dunedin electorate.

Kellett was born in Dunedin and served on the West Harbour Borough Council until 1919.

[3] During the First World War Kellett supported conscription and resigned from the Labour Party in 1916.

He was an executive member of the Welfare League organised by former Labour Leader David McLaren.

[7][8] Twelve months prior to his death, Kellett formed a parliamentary alliance with another Dunedin Independent MP, Charles Statham, the so-called "New Party", which was moving towards fusion with the Liberals when Kellett died several months before the general election in 1922.