 morley kells (born ) is a former politician in ontario, canada. he served as a progressive conservative member of the legislative assembly of ontario on two separate occasions, and was briefly a cabinet minister in the government of frank miller. he was an unsuccessful candidate for toronto city council in the 2010 municipal election. ==background== kells was raised in etobicoke and is a resident of mimico. he was a lacrosse player from 1954 to 1961. in 1955 became a minto cup champion with the canadian junior lacrosse long branch team. he worked as a coach in the 1960s and 1970s, and started the semi-professional ontario lacrosse association in 1972. in 1974-75, he co-founded the national lacrosse league, with six teams in canada and the united states. he received the lester b. pearson award for contribution to sport in 1973, and was named to the canadian lacrosse hall of fame in 1976. kells also worked as a journalist, writing for the telegram newspaper and serving as communications accounting executive for maclaren advertising. from 1965 to 1970, he served as the creative director for hockey night in canada. from 1990 to 1995, he served as president of the urban development institute of ontario. ==municipal politics== he was elected as an alderman in etobicoke in 1976, and won a controller's seat in 1978. kells ran for mayor of etobicoke in 1980, but was defeated. he was an unsuccessful candidate for toronto city council for ward 5 (etobicoke lakeshore), seeking to unseat incumbent councillor peter milczyn in the october 25, 2010 municipal election. {| border="1" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- |colspan="3" align="center"|[[toronto mu
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