John Garrett (Australian politician)
John Garrett (1805 – 21 May 1885) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Whitehaven to mariner Thomas Garrett and Jane Ruddick. Around 1827 he married Sarah Stafford, with whom he had eleven children. A painter and plumber, he migrated to Australia in 1840, and eventually became a newspaper proprietor, running the Alpine Pioneer and the Kiandra Advertiser. In 1859 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Shoalhaven, serving until his resignation to become a police magistrate at Scone in 1861. Garrett died at Woollahra in 1885.[1]
References
- ↑ "Mr John Garrett (1805 - 1885)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
| New South Wales Legislative Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|
| New seat | Member for Shoalhaven 1859–1861 |
Succeeded by John Robertson |
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