Background
He was born in London and came to Canada in 1928, living in Regina, Saskatchewan for a year before moving to Vancouver.
He was born in London and came to Canada in 1928, living in Regina, Saskatchewan for a year before moving to Vancouver.
He represented Mackenzie in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1949 as a Company-operative Commonwealth Federation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) member. Gargrave served as secretary of the National Painters" Union. He joined the Socialist Party of Canada and helped form the Young Socialists" League.
He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1937.
Gargrave was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1949. He later moved to Toronto where he worked with the Canadian Labour Congress and then with the Canadian executive of the United Steelworkers of America.
In May 1972, Gargrave was named to the federal public service arbitration tribunal. He died the following year in Toronto at the age of 67.
Gargrave served as provincial secretary for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and was a member of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation National Council from 1938 to 1944.