Nick Origlass

Nick Origlass
Born	Nicholas Origlasso 13 January 1908(1908-01-13) Woodstock, Queensland, Australia
Died	17 May 1996(1996-05-17) (aged 88) Balmain, New South Wales
Cause of death	Cancer, stroke
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Ironworker
Influenced by	Leon Trotsky, Michel Pablo, Rudolf Bahro
Political party	Australian Labor Party, Balmain-Leichhardt Labor Party
Spouse	Mary Nolan Joan Oaten
Children	John Origlass (1944-1970), Peter Origlass

Nick Origlass (13 January 1908 – 17 May 1996) was an Australian Trotskyist notable for his electoral success in becoming mayor of Balmain, an unusual feat for a revolutionary in Australia, and an unusual electoral success within Trotskyism's international history. Origlass became mayor on a Balmain Labour Party ticket (not associated with the Australian Labor Party). He was also notable in his development of local social democracy in Balmain preceding the Whitlam Government's efforts to reflect social change in Australia. Nick Origlass was a severe, dedicated Trotskyist, and a major figure in metal trades rank and file unionism.

References

• Gollan, Daphne. (1972). The Balmain ironworkers' strike of 1945. Part I: The factions emerge, 1942–3. Labour History 22, 23–41. (Details Origlass's involvement with the Balmain branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Association, and the political conflicts between Australian Trotskyists and Communists over wartime labour policy.)
• Greenland, Hall. (1998). Red hot: The life & times of Nick Origlass, 1908–1996, Wellington Lane Press. ISBN 090802214X, 9780908022144
• Freney, Denis (1991). A Map of Days, life on the left. William Heinemann, Australia. ISBN 0855613866
• Issy Wyner's funeral oration for Nick Origlass

Persondata
Name	Origlass, Nick
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Short description
Date of birth	13 January 1908
Place of birth	Woodstock, Queensland, Australia
Date of death	17 May 1996
Place of death	Balmain, New South Wales