Jack Ginifer

Jack Ginifer
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Keilor
In office 20 March 1976 – 10 May 1982
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	George Seitz
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Deer Park
In office 29 April 1967 – 19 March 1976
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	District abolished
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Grant
In office 8 October 1966 – 28 April 1967
Preceded by	Roy Crick
Succeeded by	District abolished
Personal details
Born	John Joseph Ginifer 31 August 1927 Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
Died	9 July 1982 (aged 54) Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse(s)	Audrey Christina Heaney (m. 1951)
Children	Suzanne Ginifer (Wallis) Rozanne Ginifer Corinne Ginifer
Alma mater	University of Melbourne
Occupation	Schoolteacher

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

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 Australian 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, however he resigned these 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.

References

1. Ginifer, John Joseph, Re-member, Parliament of Victoria.
2. "Parties join in tribute to Minister". The Age. 8 September 1982. Retrieved 1 July 2013.