Horrie Garrick

Horrie Garrick
Garrick in 1973
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Batman
In office
25 October 1969 – 10 November 1977
Preceded bySam Benson
Succeeded byBrian Howe
Personal details
Born(1918-08-26)26 August 1918
Melbourne, Victoria
Died6 April 1982(1982-04-06) (aged 63)
NationalityAustralian
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
SpouseGertrude Shearer
ChildrenBarbara, Gail, Maxine.
OccupationMechanical engineer

Horace James Garrick (26 August 1918 – 6 April 1982) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977, representing the electorate of Batman.

Garrick was born in Melbourne and educated at Hawthorn West Central School and Swinburne Technical College. He became a professional athlete and was at one stage state quarter-mile champion, before becoming a mechanical engineering draftsman and establishing his own manufacturing business. He was elected as a City of Collingwood councillor in 1957 and was mayor from 1960 to 1961 and from 1968 to 1969. Garrick was also a commissioner of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works from 1964 to 1963.[1][2][3]

In 1969, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Batman, succeeding the retiring Labor turned independent MP Sam Benson.[4] Garrick had been preselected to oppose Benson, but had a much easier path to victory when Benson opted to retire instead.[5] In 1973, he chaired the federal government's Victorian Migrant Task Force to report on the needs of migrants.[6][7] He held the seat until his retirement in 1977, having lost ALP preselection to Brian Howe during 1976.[8][9] Following his preselection loss, Garrick said that he had been offered "inducements" not to contest preselection, reported to be "tens of thousands of dollars".[10]

Later in life, Garrick resided at Bundoora. He died in 1982.[11]

References

  1. ^ "STUDYING THE FORM". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 449. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 23 October 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 9 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Condolence Motion for Mr Horace James Garrick" (PDF). Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. 21 April 1982. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Here are the new faces in the House". The Age. 27 October 1969. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ "COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969". Psephos. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  5. ^ "INTERESTING SEAT No. 8..." The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 437. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 October 1969. p. 12. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "TASK FORCE". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. XXXIX, no. 38. Victoria, Australia. 25 May 1973. p. 12. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Migrants are 'grossly neglected'". The Age. 11 August 1973. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Upset in ALP pre-selection in Victoria". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 25 October 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 19 May 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ Lyle Allan (1978), 'Ethnic Politics – Migrant Organization and the Victorian ALP,' Ethnic Studies Vol. 2, No. 2, page 27.
  10. ^ "ALP MP alleges 'inducements'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 51, no. 14, 523. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 October 1976. p. 7. Retrieved 9 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "DEATH OF MR H. J. GARRICK". Hansard. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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