William Francis "Bill" Fogarty (1 June 1922 – 13 July 2001) was an Australian politician. He was born in Kingsville, and served in the

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from 1940 to 1946 as a signalman. From 1946 to 1954 he was a metalworker, subsequently working as an official in the Cold Storage and Meat Preserving Employees' Union from 1954 to 1972; he was federal secretary from 1965 to 1973. On 9 June 1945 he married Olive Mildred McIntosh; they had two children. From 1960 to 1972 he was a Footscray City Councillor, serving as mayor from 1963 to 1964. In 1973 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for Sunshine, where he became the parliamentary spokesman on agriculture until 1982. He retired from politics in 1988 and died in Spotswood in 2001.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fogarty, Bill 1922 births 2001 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria 20th-century Australian politicians Royal Australian Navy personnel of World War II People from the City of Maribyrnong Politicians from Melbourne Military personnel from Melbourne