Jim Garrigan
Jim Garrigan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 22 May 1954 – 5 April 1971 | |
| Preceded by | John Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Ron Leeson |
| Constituency | South-East Province |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 May 1905 Labor |
James Joseph Garrigan (26 May 1905 – 5 April 1971) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who served as a
Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1954 until his death, representing South-East Province
.
Garrigan was born in
Kalgoorlie-Boulder in 1929 to work on the mines, and eventually became an underground supervisor. He served on the executive and management committee of the Australian Workers' Union's mining division.[1]
From 1946 to 1950, Garrigan served on the
Liberal Party. Garrigan was re-elected in 1960 and in 1965, but did not contest the 1971 election. He died in office just over a month before his final term would have ended. He had married Gweneth Huxtable in 1935, with whom he had one son.[1]
References
- ^ a b James Joseph Garrigan – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2016.