Edward Connelly (6 November 1918 – 17 September 2013) was an Australian politician. He was an
independent member of the
South Australian House of Assembly between 1975 and 1977, representing the electorate of
Pirie.
At the
1975 state election,
Labor and the opposition parties held 23 seats each. Connelly was in a
balance of power situation, and subsequently sided with Labor, and was made
Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly for the
Don Dunstan Labor government.
He had previously served as mayor of the
City of Port Pirie from 1971 to 1975.
Connelly served in World War 2 in the RAAF, and in the last two years of the war as a flight sergeant in Darwin.
On 16 September 2013, Connelly died at the Mary Potter Hospice in
Adelaide
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. He was 94.
References
1918 births
2013 deaths
Speakers of the South Australian House of Assembly
Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
Independent members of the Parliament of South Australia
Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II
Royal Australian Air Force officers
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