predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
sam benson brian howe australian melbourne , victoria batman 6 april 1982 australian australian labor party 26 august 1918 25 october 1969 horrie garrick
 10 november 1977 horrie garrick mechanical engineer
horrie garrick

horace james `` horrie '' garrick -lrb- 26 august 1918 -- 6 april 1982 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in melbourne , he attended state schools and then swinburne technical college before becoming a mechanical engineer .
having sat on collingwood city council , he was mayor from 1960 to 1961 and from 1968 to 1969 .
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 .
he held the seat until his retirement in 1977 , having lost alp preselection to brian howe during 1976 .
garrick died in 1982 .
