Ted Connelly

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Edward "Ted" 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 Port Pirie.^[1]

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 in the House of Assembly. He had previously served as Mayor of Port Pirie. The town is a Labor-voting area.

On September 17, 2013, Connelly died at the Mary Potter Hospice in Adelaide. He was 94.^[2]

References

↑ SA Parliament biography
↑ "Former independent MP Ted Connelly dies in Adelaide". Yahoo! News. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

Persondata
Name	Edward "Ted" Connelly
Alternative names
Short description	Australian politician
Date of birth	6 November 1918
Place of birth	Scotland
Date of death	17 September 2013
Place of death	Adelaide, Australia

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