Peter Garrisson
Peter Wolseley Garrisson (18 March 1923 – 20 April 2013) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Cremorne to American-born builder John Garrisson and Mina Dean Scott. He was educated in Sydney and worked for the Shell Oil Company before serving in the AIF during World War II. He worked for Shell in western New South Wales before becoming a director with Colliers Transport in 1949 and of Garrisson Motors from 1950. In 1958 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Liberal and Country Party member for Hawthorn. He resigned from the party in 1963 and was defeated as an Independent Liberal in 1964. He was subsequently a property developer and real estate agent. Garrisson died in 2013.[1]
References
- ↑ Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Garrisson, Peter Wolseley". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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| Preceded by Jim Manson |
Member for Hawthorn 1958–1964 |
Succeeded by Walter Jona |
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