James (Jim) McGirr (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April, 1952. A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, he grew up on a dairy farm near Parkes. He was educated at Parkes and St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst. He was apprenticed to his brother John Joseph Gregory ("Greg"), a pharmacist at Parkes.

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  • James (Jim) McGirr (6 February 1890 – 27 October 1957) was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April, 1952. A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, he grew up on a dairy farm near Parkes. He was educated at Parkes and St Stanislaus' College, Bathurst. He was apprenticed to his brother John Joseph Gregory ("Greg"), a pharmacist at Parkes. He soon broke his apprenticeship to work in stockyards for a while, but was thrown from a horse. He subsequently resumed his apprenticeship and attended the University of Sydney; he was registered as a pharmacist in 1913. Employed for a while by Washington H. Soul Pattinson in Pitt Street, he later opened a pharmacy in Parkes, specialising in veterinarians' prescriptions. Later still, he operated pharmacies in partnership with his brother in Marrickville and Kings Cross.
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