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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history, Charles Trevor Kelly was born in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, in 1903.

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January 31, 2023

Kendeno Knowles

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – On this day in Bahamian history, Charles Trevor Kelly was born in Harbour Island, Eleuthera, in 1903.

Kelly was a politician, businessman, government administrator and land developer.

Kelly was elected to the Chamber of Commerce from 1948-1951 and served on The Bahamas Development Board (now the Ministry of Tourism) for 21 years.

As a Member of Parliament, he represented the Eleuthera constituency after winning the seat in 1956 as an independent candidate and then as a member of the United Bahamian Party in 1962.

Kelly is also credited for helping to build the first Paradise Island Bridge (Eastern Bridge) and creating Kelly Island now known as Arawak Cay.

He died in 1994 at the age of 91.

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On January 31, 2006, Paul Adderley stepped down as Acting Governor-General after he was appointed to the post upon the resignation of Ivy Dumont in November 2005.

Adderley was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1962, representing the Western District of New Providence as a member of the Progressive Liberal Party.

In 1965 he left the PLP and formed his own political party, the National Democratic Party, before returning to the PLP in 1972.

The former cabinet minister was also the country’s first and longest serving Attorney General, serving from 1973-1989.