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

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from 1954 until his death, representing

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. Garrigan was born in

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to Mary Henrietta (née Anderson) and Timothy Garrigan. After leaving school, he lived in

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for a period, working variously as a farmer, horse breaker, shearer, and station overseer. Garrigan moved to

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in 1929 to work on the mines, and eventually became an underground supervisor. He served on the executive and management committee of the

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's mining division.James Joseph Garrigan
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2016. From 1946 to 1950, Garrigan served on the Boulder Municipal Council. He was elected to parliament at the 1954 Legislative Council election, defeating John Cunningham of the

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. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Garrigan, Jim 1905 births 1971 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Australian miners Trade unionists from Perth, Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Politicians from Perth, Western Australia Western Australian local councillors