John Higgins (Australian politician)

John Fortunatus Higgins (31 October 1884 28 July 1936) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Glenorchy to orchardist Matthew Higgins and Anne Barry. He attended school at Newtown and became a journalist. On 2 February 1913 he married Marion Honoria Harlow; the following year he married Mina Laverty on 24 December 1914. There was one daughter from his second marriage. From 1921 to 1936 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He opposed Jack Lang and sat as Federal Labor in the 1930s. Higgins died at Rose Bay in 1936.[1]

References

  1. Parliament of New South Wales (2008). "Mr John Fortunatus Higgins (1884-1936)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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