Giovanni Antonio Sgro (16 February 1931 – 18 March 2019) was an Italian-born Australian politician who served as a Member of the
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Co ...
representing the
Labor Party for
Melbourne North Province
Melbourne North Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. ...
from July 1979 until his retirement in August 1992.
Born in
Seminara ''For people with the surname, see Seminara (surname).''
Seminara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about northeast of Reggio Calabria.
Semi ...
, Italy, Sgro emigrated to Australia in 1952. He was a painter and decorator. He was founding President of FILEF (Federation of Italian Migrant
Workers and their Families) in 1972. He served as electorate secretary to
Jim Simmonds, MLA, from 1978 to 1979.
In Parliament Sgro delivered his maiden speech in the Italian language. He served as Chairman of Committees and Deputy President of the Legislative Council from 1984 to 1989.
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1931 births
2019 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
Italian emigrants to Australia
Australian politicians of Italian descent
House painters
People from the Province of Reggio Calabria