Thomas Patrick Corrigan (17 February 1884 – 19 January 1952) was an Australian politician. He was an

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member of the

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from 1942 until his death in 1952, representing the seat of

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.Corrigan, Thomas Patrick
''Re-Member'' (Parliament of Victoria). Corrigan was born in South Melbourne, Victoria to Irish labourer Patrick Corrigan and his wife Mary Jane Edwards. He worked as a

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for the South Melbourne engineering firm Hillyards, and later with the Victorian Board of Works. He was a long-serving president and secretary of the local branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and secretary of the Port Melbourne branch of the Labor Party. Corrigan was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1942 when he won a

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following the death of James Murphy. He would himself die in office in 1952, ten days after announcing his impending retirement due to ill health. He was buried at the

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. His son, Stan Corrigan, won the resulting by-election to replace him in parliament.

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1884 births 1952 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Melbourne Australian people of Irish descent 20th-century Australian politicians People from South Melbourne {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub