David Connolly (Australian politician)

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David Connolly
Member of the Australian Parliament for Bradfield
In office 18 May 1974 – 29 January 1996
Preceded by	Harry Turner
Succeeded by	Brendan Nelson
Born	20 July 1939 (1939-07-20) (age 70) Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation	Diplomat

David Miles Connolly (born 20 July 1939) is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he attended the University of Sydney before becoming private secretary to Senator Alister McMullin, the President of the Senate, in 1963, holding the position until 1965. In that year he joined the Australian Diplomatic Service, and remained there until 1974.^[1] In that year, he was selected as the Liberal candidate for the very safe seat of Bradfield on the retirement of the former member, Harry Turner. He was successfully elected to the Australian House of Representatives, and held the seat until 1996, when he was defeated for preselection by future Liberal leader Brendan Nelson. It has been speculated that without this defeat he would have become a minister.^[2]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Harry Turner	Member for Bradfield 1974 – 1996	Succeeded by Brendan Nelson

Persondata
NAME	Connolly, David Miles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	20 July 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH

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