Terry Connolly

Terrence "Terry" Connolly (14 February 1958 – 25 September 2007) was an Australian politician and judge.

Connolly was born in Adelaide and received a Bachelor of Laws (hons) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public Law from the Australian National University. He was registered to practise as a barrister and solicitor in South Australia in 1982 and worked with Justice John Gallop. He moved to Canberra in 1983 and worked as a legal adviser in the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department and Department of Foreign Affairs. He was registered to practise in the Australian Capital Territory in 1985.[1][2]

Connolly became an Australian Labor Party Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in 1990 on the resignation of Paul Whalan and served as Attorney-General from 1991 to 1995. With the creation of electorates in 1995, he became a member for Molonglo. He resigned from the Assembly in February 1996[3] and was appointed Master of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court.

Connolly was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory in January 2003.[1]

Connolly died of a heart attack while cycling atop Red Hill in Canberra.[4] He was survived by his wife, Helen Watchirs, the ACT Human Rights Commissioner and two daughters; Lara and Maddy.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Biography – Justice Terrence Connolly". Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory. http://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme/content/Connolly_J.asp?textonly=no. Retrieved 2007-09-26. 
  2. ^ a b Alexander, Cathy (27 September 2007). "Tears flow as judge farewelled". The Canberra Times. http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=general&story_id=1060326&category=general. Retrieved 2007-09-27. 
  3. ^ "Casual Vacancy in the third Legislative Assembly". ACT Electoral Commission. 23 December 2002. Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070830092840/http://www.elections.act.gov.au/castabs1.html. Retrieved 2007-09-26. 
  4. ^ "ACT judge dies of heart attack". AAP. 25 September 2007. http://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme/content/Connolly_J.asp?textonly=no. Retrieved 2007-09-26.