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

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, Victoria to Joseph Ginifer, a Singer sewing machine salesman from England, and Agnes Harper. He was educated at schools in

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, then undertook teacher training at

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and a Bachelor of Arts at the

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. He worked as a schoolteacher for more than twenty years from 1945 to 1966, including at Jamieson St Primary School in Warrnambool.Ginifer, John Joseph
''Re-member'', Parliament of Victoria. 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

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to the

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as a Labor member for the seat of

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. Electoral redistributions saw his seat renamed Deer Park in 1967 and

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in 1976. 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.

Ginifer railway station Ginifer railway station is located on the Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of St Albans, and opened on 31 October 1982. History Ginifer station opened on 31 October 1982. It was first announced in Jun ...

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, J. J. Ginifer Reserve in Altona North, Jack Ginifer Reserve in Gladstone Park, and Ginifer Court, a

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in St Albans, were named after him.''VICNAMES'' – The Register of Geographic Names
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.

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