Background
He was born in Liverpool to joiner George Rigg and Sarah Barclay.
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William Rigg
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The family moved to New South Wales around 1852, and Rigg attended Christ Church School until the age of fifteen, when he began working in the office of the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company.
Career
He eventually rose to become Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company, and also founded the Clyde Engineering Company. He was six times Mayor of Newtown and served as an alderman for twenty-three years. In 1894 Rigg was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Newtown-Street Peters.
He was generally considered a Free Trader.
He held the seat until his defeat in 1901. Rigg died at Darlinghurst in 1926.
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Nationality
English