John Davis "Jack" Garland (8 April 1922 – 3 September 1993) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He was a

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member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1981 to 1990.

Biography

Garland was born in Sydney, and after leaving school became a

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. He was active in the

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movement, serving as a

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and later a district official in the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). Garland was elected National Secretary of the union in 1957 and continued in the role following its amalgamation into the

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in 1972. Garland held the post until 1981, when he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for the Labor Party (ALP). He held ALP membership for over forty years, and was a delegate to State and Federal Electoral Councils, as well as a delegate to the party's national conference for 12 years. Garland served five years as Vice-President of the New South Wales branch of the party. He served in the legislative council until his resignation in 1990, when he was replaced by

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. Garland died in Sydney in 1993.

References

1922 births 1993 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-NewSouthWales-MP-stub