Education
Born in South Melbourne to Tom Corrigan and Emily Olive Angleton, he was educated at Christian Brothers" College (Albert Park) and completed his apprenticeship as an Electrical Contractor with his brother Thomas Corrigan Jnr.
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He worked for his brother"s business before becoming treasurer of the Melbourne branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and secretary of the Portuguese Melbourne branch of the Australian Labor Party, as well as campaign secretary to Jack Holloway and Frank Crean. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in a by-election for the seat of Portuguese Melbourne, replacing his father who had died in January. In 1955 he joined the breakaway Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) and was defeated at that year"s state election.
He then ran against his former boss, Holloway, in the federal election held later that year and lost.
Corrigan died at Fitzroy in 1964.
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Born
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Political Party
Australian Labor Party