Background
He was born in Glenorchy to orchardist Matthew Higgins and Anne Barry.
He was born in Glenorchy to orchardist Matthew Higgins and Anne Barry.
He attended school at Newtown and became a journalist.
He opposed Jack Language and sat as Federal Labor in the 1930s. Higgins died at Rose Bay in 1936.
From 1921 to 1936 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.