Horace James Garrick was an Australia

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n politician. Born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, he attended state schools and then Swinburne Technical College before becoming a mechanical engineer. Having sat on Collingwood City Council

City of Collingwood

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, he was Mayor from 1960 to 1961 and from 1968 to 1969. In 1969, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as the Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member for Batman

Division of Batman

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, succeeding the retiring Labor turned independent

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 MP Sam Benson

Sam Benson

Samuel James "Sam" Benson, CBE was an Australian politician. Born in Adelaide, he was educated in that city at St Peter's College...

. He held the seat until his retirement in 1977, having lost ALP preselection

Preselection

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 to Brian Howe

Brian Howe (politician)

Brian Leslie Howe, AO , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister in the Labor government of Paul Keating from 1991 to 1995....

during 1976. Garrick died in 1982.