| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Arthur Kinsella | |
| Office: | 28th Minister of Education |
| Term Start: | 20 December 1963 |
| Term End: | 22 December 1969 |
| Primeminister: | Keith Holyoake |
| Predecessor: | Blair Tennent |
| Successor: | Brian Talboys |
| Office1: | 38th Postmaster-General |
| Term Start1: | 2 May 1961 |
| Term End1: | 20 December 1963 |
| Primeminister1: | Keith Holyoake |
| Predecessor1: | Thomas Hayman |
| Successor1: | Jack Scott |
| Office2: | 8th Minister of Broadcasting |
| Term Start2: | 12 December 1960 |
| Term End2: | 20 December 1963 |
| Primeminister2: | Keith Holyoake |
| Predecessor2: | Ray Boord |
| Successor2: | Jack Scott |
| Constituency Mp3: | Hauraki |
| Parliament3: | New Zealand |
| Term Start3: | 13 November 1954 |
| Term End3: | 29 November 1969 |
| Predecessor3: | Andy Sutherland |
| Successor3: | Leo Schultz |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Waikino, New Zealand |
| Death Date: | 4 March 2004 |
| Death Place: | Paraparaumu, New Zealand |
| Party: | National |
| Children: | 4 |
Arthur Ellis Kinsella (15 January 1918 – 4 March 2004) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and was a cabinet minister.
Kinsella was born at Waikino in 1918. He was educated at Waihi District High School, Waihi School of Mines, University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland Teachers College; he graduated with MA and Diploma in Education. He was a farmer and teacher before becoming an MP.
In World War II he served with NZ Engineer Forces (7th Field Company) in UK, Middle East and Greece where he was wounded and returned to New Zealand.
Kinsella was elected as the Member of the rural electorate of Hauraki in the .[1] He was Minister of Broadcasting (1960–1963)[2] in the second National Government under Keith Holyoake, overseeing the introduction of Television to New Zealand. He was Postmaster-General (1961–1963),[3] [4] and was Minister of Education (1963–1969).[5] [6] He retired from Parliament in 1969 following a bad car crash.
As a minister he enabled private stations on radio and television (rather than limit them to direct state stewardship) via the Broadcasting Corporation amendment bill. He also faced a chronic shortage of telephones in New Zealand with a waiting list of 19,000 in the early 1960s. He lengthened the teacher training period from two years to three and attempted to reduce class sizes. He also established a new medical school in Auckland.
In 1970 Kinsella was granted the right to retain the title of The Honourable for life.[7] In 1971 Kinsella was elected to the Auckland City Council serving one term.[8] Later, in 1983 he was elected to the Wellington City Council[9] [10] He lost his seat three years later but regained a seat following a 1987 by-election.[11] [12]
After his retirement from politics, he was a business consultant before his return to teaching as Principal of the Technical Correspondence Institute.
In the 1992 New Year Honours, Kinsella was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.
Kinsella died in 2004.[13]
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