Denis Donnelly

Denis Cornelius Joseph Donnelly (1833 14 March 1896) was an Irish-born Australian politician.

Born at Cork to Cornelius Donnelly and Mary O'Leary, he worked as a miner and a merchant before arriving in Western Australia in 1850. In 1854 he followed the gold rush to Ballarat, and in 1862 moved to Forbes. Although he established a mine at Lucknow, he soon sold it and instead became a flour miller at Peel near Bathurst. On 16 January 1866 he married Ellen Agatha Cummins, with whom he had thirteen children. From around 1878 he kept a store at Cowra. In 1891 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Carcoar. He switched to Cowra in 1894 and held the seat until his death in Sydney in 1896.[1]

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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Charles Garland
John Plumb
Member for Carcoar
1891–1894
Served alongside: Charles Jeanneret
Abolished
New title Member for Cowra
1894–1896
Succeeded by
Michael Phillips
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