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.