Joseph Benjamin Olliffe (10 September 1835 – 6 September 1930) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at

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to innkeeper Joseph Benjamin Olliffe and Ann Osborne. He arrived in

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around 1837 and became a hotel keeper. On 22 May 1861 he married Elizabeth Catherine Callaghan, with whom he had thirteen children. He was elected to the

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for South Sydney in 1882, serving until 1887. Olliffe died at Randwick in 1930.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Olliffe, Joseph Benjamin 1835 births 1930 deaths Hoteliers Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly