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Place of Birth: North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Joe McGirr
- Joseph Gregory McGirr (born 19 June 1960) is an independent politician, and a physician and former associate dean of the University of Notre Dame Australia.
- He is the elected member for Wagga Wagga in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since the 2018 by-election.
- ABC News declared him the winner on 9 September, the day after the election, with the New South Wales Electoral Commission confirming it on 14 September.
- He came second to the Liberal candidate by only 28 votes after the Liberals' primary vote almost halved from 2015, and was elected on Labor preferences.
- He previously contested the seat in 2011 and received 30.6% of the first preference vote. McGirr's grandfather was Greg McGirr, a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly from 1913 to 1925, and Deputy Premier from 1921 to 1922, who was briefly Labor Leader in 1923.
- His great-uncle, James McGirr, was the Premier of New South Wales from 1947 to 1952.He was re-elected in the 2019 New South Wales state election.
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