Background
Ganley was born in Plymouth, the daughter of a tailor.
Ganley was born in Plymouth, the daughter of a tailor.
She actively supported women"s suffrage and helped set up what would become the Women"s Labour League branch in Battersea. She became involved in the British Committee of the International Congress for Peace and Freedom in 1914. Ganley was a school manager and governor, becoming a Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace) in 1920, one of London"s first female magistrates.
She contested the Paddington North seat at the 1935 general election.
She narrowly held the seat in 1950 but was defeated by Ernest Partridge in 1951. Ganley was elected a director of the West London Company-operative Society in 1918 and served on the board of its successor, the London Company-operative Society for many years and as President 1942-1946, its first woman president
She held national positions in the Women"s Company-operative Guild and was one of the speakers at its diamond jubilee celebrations at the Royal Albert Hall in 1943. She was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1953.
She became politically active in 1906 in opposition to the Boer War, and joined the Social Democratic Federation that year. She joined the Labour and Company-operative Parties and served on Battersea Council (1919-1925, 1953-1965) and the London County Council (1925-1929 and 1934-1937), and was a member of the London County Education Committee.
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At the 1945 general election, Ganley was elected as Member of Parliament for Battersea South.