sentences:  He following his father into the accounting profession, practising as a chartered accountant from 1958 to 1969.He also served on the Claremont Town Council from 1963 to 1970 and as an officeholder in the Liberal and Country League.When Paul Hasluck resigned from Parliament in 1969 to become Governor-General of Australia, Garland succeeded him as the member for Curtin, a comfortably safe Liberal seat in Perth's wealthy beachside suburbs.