John Galbally | ||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Galbally during his Collingwood career | ||||||||||||||||||
Member for Melbourne North | ||||||||||||||||||
In office June 1949 –March 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Likely McBrien | |||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Giovanni Sgro | |||||||||||||||||
Labor Leader Victorian Legislative Council | ||||||||||||||||||
In office 1955–1979 | ||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 August 1910 Port Melbourne | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 July 1990 79) Camberwell | (aged|||||||||||||||||
Political party | Labor Party | |||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Sheila Marie Kenny | |||||||||||||||||
Relations | Frank and Bob (brothers) | |||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Melbourne | |||||||||||||||||
Profession | Barrister,Solicitor | |||||||||||||||||
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John William "Jack" Galbally, CBE , QC ,(2 August 1910 –8 July 1990) was a lawyer and Labor Party politician.
Galbally was educated at St Patrick's College in East Melbourne and Melbourne High School. He graduated from the University of Melbourne with a LLB in 1931,during which time he resided at Newman College,and worked many jobs including car salesman and primary school teacher.
He was a good enough Australian footballer to play in the Victorian Football League. Galbally played at the Collingwood Football Club,during one of their strongest eras,having won a record four successive premierships from 1927 to 1930. Under coach Jock McHale and captain Syd Coventry,Galbally played two seasons with the club. He made three appearances in the 1933 VFL season and four in 1934,all wins. During this period he acted as the club's solicitor and was later Collingwood's vice-president from 1951 to 1962. [1]
A member of the ALP since 1933,Galbally defeated Likely McBrien in 1949 for a seat in the Victorian Legislative Council for the electorate of Melbourne North.
Throughout his career he was known to be a social reformer and campaigned against capital punishment. He introduced a private member's bill to ban live trap bird shooting,carried in 1958,despite it being a sport premier Henry Bolte participated in.
Galbally is credited for starting council committee inquiries into the proposed development at the Royal Botanic Gardens and settlement in the Little Desert.
In December 1952,Galbally was appointed as the Minister of Electrical Undertakings and Minister of Forests,positions he held until June 1955 and July 1954 respectively. He was also Minister of Labour and Industry from July 1954 to June 1955.
Galbally retired from politics in 1979 and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. [2]
In 1935 Galbally founded a legal firm,now known as Galbally &O'Bryan,having been admitted as a solicitor two years earlier while playing football with Collingwood.
He was called to the bar in 1956 and was then appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1968.
He was the second born of nine children. His father,William Stanton,was a draper's salesman. Galbally himself had three daughters and two sons with his wife Sheila Marie Kenny,whom he married in 1937. One of his daughters,Ann Galbally,is a noted art historian while his son Peter was appointed a QC in 1989.
Galbally's brother Frank was a famous lawyer and another brother Bob was a well-known doctor. [3] Both also played Australian rules football with Collingwood.
Galbally suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his later life,before his death at Camberwell in 1990. He is buried at Melbourne General Cemetery. [4]
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