James McGirr
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The Honourable James McGirr JP |
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| 28th Premier of New South Wales Elections: 1947, 1950 |
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In office 6 February 1947 – 2 April 1952 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Sir John Northcott |
| Deputy |
Jack Baddeley Joseph Cahill |
| Preceded by | William McKell |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cahill |
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| Born | 6 February 1890 Parkes, Colony of New South Wales |
| Died | 27 October 1957 (age 67) Homebush, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Valerie Cecilia Armstrong |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
James (Jim) McGirr (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952.
A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near that town. Educated mostly at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, he was later apprenticed to his brother Greg McGirr, a pharmacist at Parkes. He soon forfeited his apprenticeship to work in stockyards for a while, but had to give up that work when he was thrown from a horse and seriously injured.
Subsequently he resumed his apprenticeship and attended the University of Sydney; he was registered as a pharmacist in 1913. Employed by Washington H. Soul Pattinson in Pitt Street, he later opened a pharmacy in Parkes, specialising in veterinarians' prescriptions. Later still, he operated pharmacies in partnership with his brother in two Sydney suburbs: Marrickville and Kings Cross.
McGirr followed his brothers Greg and Patrick into ALP politics and joined the Parkes branch of the party in 1906. In 1922, Greg vacated his seat as a member of the Legislative Assembly for Cootamundra, and stood successfully for a Sydney electorate. He managed to get Jim endorsement on the party ticket for Cootamundra and he was duly elected. Due to local party opposition in 1925, he was obliged to find another seat in 1925; and he successfully contested Cumberland in western Sydney. In 1927, proportional representation was abandoned and Cumberland was abolished. He then stood for Bankstown, which he held until 1950. From 1950 to 1952 he was the member for another western Sydney constituency, namely, Liverpool.
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