Denis Donnelly

{{Short description|Australian politician (1833–1896)}}

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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.

He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Carcoar at the 1891 election.{{cite NSW election |year=1891 |district=Carcoar |accessdate=30 August 2020}} When Carcoar was abolished in 1894, he switched to Cowra, winning the seat in 1894,{{cite NSW election |year=1894 |district=Cowra |accessdate=30 August 2020}} and holding it at the 1895 election,{{cite NSW election |year=1895 |district=Cowra |accessdate=30 August 2020}}

Donnelly died in Sydney in 1896 (aged {{age in years|1833|1896}}).{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Denis Cornelius Joseph Donnelly (1833-1896) |id=660 |former=Yes |accessdate=21 May 2019}}