Edward Connelly (6 November 1918 – 17 September 2013) was an Australian politician. He was an

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member of the

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between 1975 and 1977, representing the electorate of Pirie. At the 1975 state election,

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and the opposition parties held 23 seats each. Connelly was in a balance of power situation, and subsequently sided with Labor, and was made

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for the

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Labor government. He had previously served as mayor of the

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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

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. He was 94.

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