Patrick Allan Rogan (22 September 193610 February 2015) was an Australian politician. He was the Labor Party member of the

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for East Hills from 1973 to 1999. Rogan was apprenticed in electrical trades and received higher education from Granville Technical College and Ultimo Technical College. He was a senior automation sales engineer, and also served in the

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for his

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. He was also active in the

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, and was president of the electoral councils for both his federal seat of

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and the state seat of East Hills. In 1973, the sitting member for East Hills, Joe Kelly, retired and Rogan was preselected as his replacement. He won the seat easily, and was never seriously challenged in subsequent elections. He never rose from the back bench and retired in 1999. He died 10 February 2015 after suffering from

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for several years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogan, Pat 1936 births 2015 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Deaths from cancer in Australia Deaths from mesothelioma Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales