Horace James Garrick (26 August 1918 – 6 April 1982) was an Australian politician. He was an

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member of the

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from 1969 to 1977, representing the electorate of

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. Garrick was born in

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and educated at Hawthorn West Central School and

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. He became a professional athlete and was at one stage state quarter-mile champion, before becoming a mechanical engineering draftsman and establishing his own manufacturing business. He was elected as a

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councillor in 1957 and was mayor from 1960 to 1961 and from 1968 to 1969. Garrick was also a commissioner of the

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from 1964 to 1963. In 1969, he was elected to the

as the

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member for

, succeeding the retiring Labor turned

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. Garrick had been preselected to oppose Benson, but had a much easier path to victory when Benson opted to retire instead. In 1973, he chaired the federal government's Victorian Migrant Task Force to report on the needs of migrants. He held the seat until his retirement in 1977, having lost ALP

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to Brian Howe during 1976. Following his preselection loss, Garrick said that he had been offered "inducements" not to contest preselection, reported to be "tens of thousands of dollars". Later in life, Garrick resided at

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. He died in 1982.

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