Richard McGarvie

Richard McGarvie

Justice Richard Elgin McGarvie, AC, KStJ, QC (21 May 1926 - 24 May 2003) was a judge in the Supreme Court of Victoria and Governor of Victoria from 1992 to 1997. He was born and brought up on his parents’ dairy farm at Pomborneit East in Victoria, Australia.

Early life

After finishing first place at Camperdown High School. He entered the Australian Navy in 1944, training at HMAS Cerberus and serving on the destroyer, HMAS Arunta. The war ended before he saw active service. He served in the Occupation Forces in Japan and was discharged as an Able Seaman in 1946.

He joined the Australian Labor Party in 1949 and took a leading role in the dismissal of its Victorian socialist-left dominated Central Executive by bringing about federal intervention.

Legal life

He studied law at Melbourne University and graduated in 1950 winning the Supreme Court Prize for the top honours student of the year. Joining the Victorian Bar in 1952, he became Queen's Counsel, chair of the Victorian Bar Council 1973-1975, Treasurer of Law Council of Australia 1974-1976 and Chancellor of La Trobe University 1981-1992.

He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Victoria on 1 June 1976, resigning all political affiliations, and served as a judge until 22 April 1992. He was appointed Governor of Victoria from 1992 to 1997.

Constitutional influence

Author of the McGarvie Model, he was an appointed delegate to Constitutional Convention on an Australian Republic in February 1998 and initiated the 2001 Corowa conference to find common ground among republicans after the referendum defeat in 1999. He took the unusual position of making contributions to republicanism, without directly supporting the broader republican movement. He promoted his own model and at the 1998 convention successfully demonstrated the provision for 2/3rd parliamentary dismissal of a President was unworkable.

ee also

* Judiciary of Australia
* List of Judges of the Supreme Court of Victoria
* McGarvie Model
* Process model (Australia)
* Victorian Bar Association

External links

* [http://www.mup.unimelb.edu.au/democracy/ Full Text of "Democracy" by R.E.McGarvie]
* [http://www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au Supreme Court of Victoria Website]


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