Leo Paul Connellan (28 June 1913 in

Donald, Victoria Donald is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Richardson River, at the junction of Sunraysia Highway and Borung Highway, in the Shire of Buloke. At the , it had a population of 1,472. History The town is named after William Donald, a ...

– 9 April 1998 in

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) was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1969 to 1981. Connellan was born in Donald,

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, to grazier Thomas Peter Connellan and Lucy Glowrey. He was educated at

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, and worked as a grazier in the

area of

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. He married Sybil Buzza on 27 June 1940, with whom he had eight children. As a member of the Country Party, he served as President of Balranald Shire Council from 1959 to 1975. He was chairman of the central executive of the Country Party in 1974, having been a member of the federal executive since 1972. Connellan was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1969, and served until 1981. He died in 1998 at Balranald.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Connellan, Leo 1913 births 1998 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians People from Donald, Victoria