Date of Birth: 14/10/1923
Place of Birth: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 02/06/2003
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Hurstville |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Member for Hurstville |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
21 Mar 1959 |
31 Mar 1965 |
6 years 11 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). President of Bexley branch, Hurstville state electorate council.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Railway clerk. Educated at Summer Hill High School; clerk in stores branch of Railways Department; private secretary to C.R Evatt, Minister for Housing; president of Miscellaneous Workers' Union 1966 - 1973; special adviser to Senator D.McLelland; secretary of Australian Assembly for Peace, vice president Australian and New Zealand Congress for Peace; director of Australian Board of Missions Christian Aborigines' Co-operative from 1955, foundation member and vice president of Aboriginal Australian Fellowship; president of the Trades and Labor Council (TLC) Education and Research.
Military Service
Served 2nd Australian Imperial Forces 1943 - 1945, private.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Rockdale 1953 - 1959.
Personal
Son of James Matthew Rigby, design engineer, and Margaret Doris Lever. Married Kathleen Alma Guthrie on 15 January 1945 and had issue, 1 daughter.
