Jeremiah Connolly

Jeremiah Connolly (1875 - 2 October 1935) was an Independent Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.

Member of Parliament

Jeremiah Connolly represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1931 until his death in 1935.

Independent

Connolly stood as an Independent Coalition Liberal in the 1931 election and was successful. [ See Wilson (citation |first = James Oakley |last = Wilson |title = The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 |edition = 4th |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1985). But Wood (citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = Otago University Press |year = 1996 |isbn = 1-877-13300-0) p. 88 described Connolly as a 'Liberal', and Dick Habershon (citation |first = Richard G. |last = Habershon |title = A Study in Politics: 1928-31 [M.A. - University of Auckland] |year = 1958 [Appendix p.xx] ) noted him as United in 1928; and as a 'Liberal Coalitionist' in 1931.]

Connolly was born in Geraldine and educated at Hilton School. He was a farmer. In 1902 Connolly purchased the Raukapuka Estate, which he sold in 1919. He then acquired the Langley Estate at Rakaia.

Jeremiah Connolly served in the South African War (see Richard Stowers, p.76 'Rough Riders at War: a history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War and information on all members of the ten New Zealand Contingents', Hamilton, 2004) and during WW1 he was a member of the National Efficiency Board (1914-18) and of various patriotic societies [ "A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography", edited by G.H. Scholefield, Volume 1 page 172, 1940, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington.]

He collapsed and died in a taxi-cab in Wellington, when going from Parliament to his hotel. He apparently had heart problems. [ "The Press" (Christchurch) Thursday 3 October 1935 page 10e. ]

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Further reading

:*citation |title = Our people: Laetitia Lucy and Jeremiah Connolly |newspaper = Ashburton Guardian |date = 15 November 2006 |year = 2006 p.7.

:*citation |first = Richard G. |last = Habershon |title = A Study in Politics: 1928-31 [M.A. - University of Auckland] |year = 1958

:*citation |first = James Oakley |last = Wilson |title = The New Zealand Parliamentary Record: 1840-1984 |edition = 4th |place = Wellington, [N.Z.] |publisher = Government Printer |year = 1985

:*citation |first = G. Antony (ed.) |last = Wood |title = Ministers and Members in the New Zealand Parliament |place = Dunedin, [N.Z.] |publisher = Otago University Press |year = 1996 |isbn = 1-877-13300-0