Jeremiah Connolly (1875 – 2 October 1935) was an Independent Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Early life Connolly was born in Geraldine in 1875 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.
During World War I Connolly was a member of the National Efficiency Board (1917–18) 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.
Member of Parliament
Connolly stood as an Independent Coalition Liberal in support of the United/Reform Coalition in the and was successful.See Wilson (). But Wood () described Connolly as a 'Liberal', and Dick Habershon ( [Appendix p.xx]) noted him as United in 1928; and as a 'Liberal Coalitionist' in 1931. He represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives until his death in 1935.
In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.
Death He collapsed and died in a taxi-cab in Wellington, when going from Parliament to his hotel. He was stated to have had heart problems.
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