Pat Galvin

This article is about the politician. For his son, the public servant, see Pat Galvin (public servant). For the Irish poet, see Patrick Galvin.

Pat Galvin OBE
Member of the Australian Parliament for Kingston
In office 28 April 1951 – 26 November 1966
Preceded by	Jim Handby
Succeeded by	Kay Brownbill
Personal details
Born	Patrick Galvin (1911-03-30)30 March 1911 Quorn, South Australia
Died	24 September 1980(1980-09-24) (aged 69)
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse	Queenie Galvin
Children	Pat Galvin, Terry Galvin
Alma mater	Rostrevor College, Adelaide
Occupation	Industrial officer

Patrick Galvin 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. 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.

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.