John Albert "Jack" Culpin (4 October 1927 – 2 September 2014) was an Australian politician.
Born in
Collingwood to postal officer Albert Culpin and his wife Leura, he worked as an electrical fitter and was a shop steward with the
Electrical Trades Union for twenty years. On 23 June 1951 he married June Marie Ballard (Deceased), with whom he had four sons Gary, Trevor, Rodney (Deceased) & Dale. In 1961 he was elected to
Broadmeadows City Council, serving until 1978; he was mayor from 1965 to 1966. In 1976 he was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
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as the
Labor
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member for
Glenroy, shifting to
Broadmeadows
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in 1985. He resigned from the Labor Party in 1988 and was defeated as an
independent
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candidate.
Jack Culpin died in Melbourne on 2 September 2014.
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1927 births
2014 deaths
Trade unionists from Melbourne
Independent members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
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Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
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