Jack Culpin

John Albert "Jack" Culpin 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 of Australia|Electrical Trades Union] for twenty years. On 23 June 1951 he married June Marie Ballard, with whom he had four sons Gary, Trevor, Rodney & 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 as the Australian [Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor] member for Glenroy, shifting to Broadmeadows in 1985. He resigned from the Labor Party in 1988 and was defeated as an independent candidate.
Jack Culpin died in Melbourne on 2 September 2014.