Stanislaus Terence "Stan" Corrigan (17 October 1916 – 7 June 1964) was an Australian politician.

Born in South Melbourne

South Melbourne

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 to Tom Corrigan and Emily Olive Angleton, he was educated at Christian Brothers College and qualified as a mechanic. Around 1945 he married Matilda Semmens, with whom he had two children. He worked for his brother's business before becoming treasurer of the Melbourne

Melbourne

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 branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and secretary of the Port Melbourne branch of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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, as well as campaign secretary to Jack Holloway and Frank Crean

Frank Crean

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. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 in a by-election for the seat of Port Melbourne

Electoral district of Port Melbourne

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. In 1955 he joined the breakaway Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)

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 and was defeated at that year's state election. Corrigan died at Fitzroy

Fitzroy, Victoria

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in 1964.