Education
Glachan attended Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1947.
Glachan attended Sydney Boys High School, graduating in 1947.
He was subsequently elected Mayor of the Greater Hume Shire in 2005, but died suddenly the next month. He worked as a marine engineer, farmer, and businessman, as well as serving in the Royal Australian Air Force and as an officer in the Australian Merchant Navy. In 1984 he stood as the Liberal candidate for Albury, but was defeated by sitting member Harold Mair of the Australian Labor Party.
Glachan became chairman of the Parliament"s Public Accounts Committee, and served as member for Albury until 2003 when he was succeeded by Greg Aplin.
On March 2005 he was elected to the newly created Greater Hume Shire Council, and became its first mayor at the inaugural meeting on 16 March 2005.
He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2003, representing the electorate Albury.