12 Facts About Harold Connolly

Harold Joseph Connolly was a Canadian journalist, newspaper editor, and politician who served as the 15th premier of Nova Scotia in 1954.

Harold Connolly was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a 1936 by-election as a Liberal in Halifax North after Gordon Benjamin Isnor was elected to the House of Commons.

Harold Connolly was appointed to cabinet in 1941 as Minister of Industry and Publicity.

Harold Connolly served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 1945 to 1950, when he became Minister of Public Health.

When Premier Angus L Macdonald died in 1954, Connolly became the province's premier and the Liberal Party's interim leader.

Harold Connolly stood for the full-time job in the 1954 leadership convention, but was defeated by Henry Hicks when Protestant delegates formed a united front to prevent the election of Connolly, a Catholic.

Harold Connolly retired from provincial politics in 1955 when he was elevated to the Senate of Canada for the Halifax North, Nova Scotia division on 28 July 1955 following nomination by Prime Minister Louis St Laurent.

Harold Connolly served until his resignation on 14 May 1979.

Harold Connolly was a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and the Canadian Officers' Training Corps from 1940 to 1945.

Harold Connolly married Catherine Burns in 1928; with whom he had 1 daughter, Catherine.

Harold Connolly married Vivian Martel after the death of his first wife.

Harold Connolly had five more children, Maureen, Dennis, David, Sharon and Patricia.