John Goleby

John Philip Goleby (22 March 1935 - 10 September 1985) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Goleby was born in Cleveland, Queensland, the son of Philip Eric Goleby and his wife Carolena Amelia (née Holzapfel) and lived in the area all his life. He was educated at Mount Cotton and Thornlands state schools before attending Wynnum High School and upon finishing his education worked on the family farm at Thornlands. He later bought a property at Mount Cotton and continued his farming career.

On the 14 April 1956 he married Margery Day and together had a son and a daughter. Margery died in 1979 and in December 1980 he married Betty Lind. Goleby died in a tractor accident on his Mount Cotton farm in September 1985 and was accorded a state funeral which proceeded from the Cleveland Uniting Church to the Cleveland Cemetery.

Goleby was a councillor on the Redland Shire Council from 1961 until 1980 and during that time was chairman of the Finance and Works Committee from 1967 until 1975 and then chairman of the Works Committee from 1975 to 1978.

In 1974 he successfully stood as the National Party candidate for the seat of Redlands and represented the electorate until his death in 1985. From 6 December 1982 until 10 September 1985 he was the Minister for Water Resources and Maritime Services.