Date of Birth: 26/01/1907
Place of Birth: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 22/08/1977
Place of Death: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Wollongong-Kembla |
03 Mar 1962 |
22 Oct 1963 |
1 year 7 months 20 days |
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| Member for Wollongong-Kembla |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member for Wollongong-Kembla |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Member for Wollongong-Kembla |
14 Feb 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
2 years 11 months 24 days |
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| Member for Wollongong-Kembla |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
17 Jun 1950 |
22 Oct 1963 |
13 years 4 months 6 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in 1926.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Garage proprieter. Educated at Wollongong High School; completed law articles; general dealer, garage proprieter and motor agent at Wollongong from 1931 until 1941; general agent and farmer, 32 acre property at Figtree from 1941until 1950; member of Miscellaneous Workers and Shop Assistants Union; life member of Miners Federation; councillor at University at Wollongong; president of Illawarra Naturalists Society; national crusader against further foreign acquisition of Australian energy and mineral resources.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Cunningham 1963 until 1977.
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Wollongong from 1938 until 1944, active in amalgamation of Greater Wollongong.
Personal
Son of Peter Francis Connor, labourer, and Ethel Deegan. Married Grace Amelia Searl on 14 August 1931 and had issue, 3 daughters. Buried in Lakeside Memorial Park at Dapto from St Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic Cathedral at Wollongong. Cousin of Kevin Dwyer (q.v)
