Garnet Wood

Garnet Barrington Wood (1 July 1888 – 3 January 1952) was an Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1936 until his death.

Wood attended Hale School, Perth, and after graduating worked for a period as an accountant for Western Australian Government Railways.

He was re-elected in 1944, and in January 1948 was made an honorary minister in the ministry of Ross McLarty, with responsibility for agriculture and the North-West.

Wood's constituency was abolished at the 1950 election, and he successfully transferred to Central Province.

[1] Wood died in office in January 1952, while attending a cabinet meeting in Perth, and was granted a state funeral.