Patrick M. Gallivan (born November 18, 1960)
is a member of the
New York State Senate and the former
Sheriff of Erie County. Gallivan's district, the
59th, comprises portions of Erie County, the entirety of
Wyoming County, the northern half of
Livingston County and the towns of
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Biography
Gallivan was elected Sheriff of Erie County in 1998 and served through 2005.
Prior to being elected Sheriff, Patrick Gallivan served 15 years in the
New York State Police
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History
The Stat ...
, rising through the ranks from
Trooper to
Captain. Between his time as Sheriff and as a New York State Senator, Gallivan served as a commissioner on the
state parole board.
After the retirement of incumbent senator
Dale Volker, Gallivan defeated former Erie County Republican Party chairman James Domagalski and David DiPietro in a three-way Republican primary in September 2010, going on to defeat Democrat Cynthia Appleton and DiPietro (who continued to run on a line labeled "
Tea
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") in the general election in November of the same year. In 2011, Gallivan voted against allowing same-sex marriage in New York during the senate roll-call vote on the
Marriage Equality Act, which legally recognized same-sex marriages performed in the state, in a closely divided Senate vote of 33-29.
[http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/a8354-2011 Marriage Equality Act roll call]
Personal
Gallivan lives in
Elma, New York :'' For other places with this name, see Elma''.
Elma is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 11,721 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the American elm tree.
Elma is in the county's central area, southe ...
, with his wife, Mary Pat, and their two children, Jenna and Conor.
Gallivan's cousin, Pete Gallivan, is a reporter and anchor for Buffalo television station
WGRZ
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.
Education
Patrick Gallivan holds a master's degree in
Criminal Justice
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from the
State University of New York at Albany
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and is a graduate of
Canisius College in Buffalo. He is a graduate of both the FBI National Executive Institute and the
FBI National Academy
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, and is a past member of the New York State Executive Committee on Counter-Terrorism.
References
External links
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Campaign Website
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Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Sheriffs of Erie County, New York
People from Elma, New York
1960 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians