John Joseph "Jack" Ginifer (31 August 1927 – 9 July 1982) was an Australian politician.

Jack Ginifer
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Keilor
In office
20 March 1976 – 10 May 1982
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byGeorge Seitz
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Deer Park
In office
29 April 1967 – 19 March 1976
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Grant
In office
8 October 1966 – 28 April 1967
Preceded byRoy Crick
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born
John Joseph Ginifer

(1927-08-31)31 August 1927
Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
Died9 July 1982(1982-07-09) (aged 54)
Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
Spouse
Audrey Christina Heaney
(m. 1951)
ChildrenSuzanne Ginifer (Wallis)

Rozanne Ginifer

Corinne Ginifer
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationSchoolteacher

Ginifer was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria to Joseph Ginifer, a Singer sewing machine salesman from England, and Agnes Harper. He was educated at schools in Benalla, then undertook teacher training at Melbourne Teachers' College and a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne. He worked as a schoolteacher for more than twenty years from 1945 to 1966, including at Jamieson St Primary School in Warrnambool.[1]

Ginifer was active in local government politics, serving as a councillor in the Williamstown City Council (1955–1957) and the Shire of Altona (1960–1969). He was also on the state executive of the Labor Party from 1959 to 1966. In 1966, Ginifer was elected at a by-election to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Labor member for the seat of Grant. Electoral redistributions saw his seat renamed Deer Park in 1967 and Keilor in 1976.[1]

On 8 April 1982, Ginifer was made a minister in John Cain's first cabinet as Minister for Consumer Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, but he resigned from those posts, and from the parliament, a month later on 10 May, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. He died two months later on 9 July, aged 54.[2]

Ginifer railway station in St Albans, J. J. Ginifer Reserve in Altona North, Jack Ginifer Reserve in Gladstone Park, and Ginifer Court, a cul-de-sac in St Albans, were named after him.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ginifer, John Joseph, Re-member, Parliament of Victoria.
  2. ^ "Parties join in tribute to Minister". The Age. 8 September 1982. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. ^ VICNAMES – The Register of Geographic Names, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Grant
1966–1967
District abolished
District created Member for Deer Park
1967–1976
District abolished
District created Member for Keilor
1976–1982
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Consumer Affairs
1982
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs
1982