Peter Connolly (Australian judge), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Peter Connolly (Australian judge)
- Peter David Connolly QC (29 September 1920- 3 May 2009) was an Australian politician and judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Born in Sydney in 1920 Connolly moved to Brisbane as a child.
- Justice Connolly went to Marist Rosalie (Marist Brothers College Rosalie) until 1934, where he before winning a scholarship to St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace, where he was both Dux and Head Boy in his final year in 1936.
- Connolly served in the 2nd Australian Imperial Force between 1940 and 1946.
- After studying law at the University of Queensland, he was admitted as a barrister in 1949. Connolly was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the 1957 Queensland state election for the Liberal Party.
- He served as MLA for Kurilpa from 1957 to 1960, but lost re-endorsement to his former campaign manager Clive Hughes in 1960; as a result, Connolly returned to the Bar, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1963.Connolly was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1978, serving until his retirement in 1990.
- He was known as a conservative 'black-letter lawyer' during his service in Parliament and on the bench.
- During his judicial service, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Connolly died on 3 May 2009.
- As of 2011, he was the most recent judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland to have served in Parliament prior to his judicial service.
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