Pat Galvin
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{About|the politician|his son, the public servant|Pat Galvin (public servant)|the Irish poet|Patrick Galvin}}
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| name = Pat Galvin
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|OBE}}
| image = PatGalvin1959.jpg
| constituency_MP = Kingston
| parliament = Australian
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| predecessor = Jim Handby
| successor = Kay Brownbill
| term_start = 28 April 1951
| term_end = 26 November 1966
| birth_name = Patrick Galvin
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1911|3|30}}
| birth_place = Quorn, South Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|9|24|1911|3|30}}
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| nationality = Australian
| spouse = Queenie Galvin
| party = Australian Labor Party
| relations =
| children = Pat Galvin, Terry Galvin
| residence =
| alma_mater = Rostrevor College, Adelaide
| occupation = Industrial officer
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Patrick Galvin {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OBE}} (30 March 1911 – 24 September 1980) was an Australian politician.
Biography
Born in Quorn, South Australia, he was educated at Rostrevor College. Galvin was an engineer by profession, but became involved in the trade union movement, rising to become South Australian state organiser of the Australian Society of Engineers in June 1947.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35983976 |title=New Death Adds To French Hospital Mystery |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=26 June 1947 |access-date=19 February 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }} In January 1948, he became state industrial officer of the Australian Workers' Union, in which capacity he was credited with resisting an attempt by the communist-dominated Miners' Federation to recruit AWU members at the Leigh Creek mine. Galvin was secretary and president of the Australian Labor Party's Glenelg electorate committee and was an AWU delegate to the party's state council.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45695068 |title=Mr. Galvin's Quick Rise In A.L.P. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=30 April 1951 |access-date=19 February 2020 |page=1 |via=Trove }}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146248685 |title=INDUSTRIAL OFFICER APPOINTED |newspaper=The Australian Worker |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 February 1948 |access-date=19 February 2020 |page=12 |via=Trove }}
In 1951, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as a member of the Labor Party, defeating Liberal MP Jim Handby for the seat of Kingston. He held the seat until 1966, when he was defeated by Liberal candidate Kay Brownbill. Galvin died in 1980.{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-11-07}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129913931 |title=A.W.U. post vacant |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=7 May 1951 |access-date=19 February 2020 |page=7 |via=Trove }}
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Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Kingston
Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Category:Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:People educated at Rostrevor College
Category:Australian MPs 1951–1954
Category:Australian MPs 1954–1955
Category:Australian MPs 1955–1958
Category:Australian MPs 1958–1961
Category:Australian MPs 1961–1963
Category:Australian MPs 1963–1966
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