Horrie Garrick
Horace James "Horrie" Garrick 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.
