John Edmund Kelly (1852 – 1934) was a Canadian politician in Northwest Territories who served as a municipal councillor in Edmonton in the final decade before it became the capital of the newly created province of Alberta.

Kelly was born in Glengarry County, Canada West on July 2, 1852.

He settled in Fort Macleod, North-West Territories (NWT) in 1879, and subsequently built the first sawmill at Pincher Creek.

He was defeated, placing eleventh of fourteen candidates (the top six were elected).

The province of Alberta was created out of the NWT in 1905, with Edmonton chosen as the capital.