death_place death_date birth_place party office birth_date term residence spouse article_title name
palm springs , california 5 may 1955 galway , ireland british columbia liberal party mla for omineca 21 march 1879 1936 -- 1945 fraser lake , british columbia mabel ester gilmour mark matthew connelly
 mark matthew connelly
mark matthew connelly

mark matthew connelly -lrb- march 21 , 1879 -- may 5 , 1955 -rrb- was an irish-born merchant and politician in british columbia .
he represented omineca in the legislative assembly of british columbia from 1936 to 1945 as a liberal .
in 1913 , he came to enderby , british columbia , where he operated a general store and hotel .
in 1918 , connelly , a widower , married mabel ester gilmour .
connelly later moved to fraser lake , where he was involved in the lumber business and also owned a hotel .
he was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1936 by-election held after alexander malcolm manson resigned his seat to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the canadian house of commons .
he was defeated by edward fraser rowland when he ran for reelection in 1945 .
connelly served as whip for the liberal-conservative coalition in the assembly .
he died in palm springs , california after retiring from business .
