John Gavan Duffy
John Gavan Duffy was an Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Biography
Born in Dublin, Ireland to Charles [Gavan Duffy (Australian politician)|Charles Gavan Duffy] and Emily McLaughlin, he arrived with his family in Melbourne in August 1859. After some time on his father's farm he was articled as a clerk to a solicitor. In 1874 he married Margaret Mary Callan, the daughter of his father's first cousin Margaret, with whom he had five children. He was admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court in 1876.While continuing his legal practice, Duffy was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Dalhousie in 1874; he was defeated in 1886 but returned in a by-election in 1887. In 1889 he transferred to the new seat of Dalhousie and Lancefield|Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield], which he represented until 1904. He was Victoria's Minister for Agriculture from March to August 1880, Postmaster-General from 1890 to 1892, Attorney-General from February to April 1892, minister without portfolio from 1892 to 1893, and Postmaster-General again from 1894 to 1899. Duffy died at St Kilda in 1917, and was buried at St Kilda Cemetery.