Darren Grimwade
| Darren Grimwade | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Morayfield | |
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In office 24 March 2012 – 31 January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Ryan |
| Succeeded by | Mark Ryan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1980 |
| Political party | Liberal National Party of Queensland |
Darren John Grimwade (born 3 April 1980) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015, representing the electorate of Morayfield.
Grimwade was born in Redcliffe. He worked as a baker and as a director of a taxation franchise before buying a pizza café in Burpengary in 2007, which he was operating at the time of his election to parliament. He was awarded Queensland Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008.[1][2][3]
Grimwade was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2012 state election, defeating Labor MP Mark Ryan to win the formerly safe Labor seat of Morayfield as part of the Liberal National Party's landslide victory at that election.[1][2]
He was appointed as a member of the Transport, Housing and Local Government Committee upon his election.[1] He was one of five LNP MPs forced to apologise in August 2012 after falsely claiming that the state's debt level was $100 billion instead of the correct figure of $65 billion.<ref name="parl" /[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Member Biography: Darren Grimwade". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- 1 2 "Morayfield – Queensland Votes 2012". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "About Darren Grimwade MP". darrengrimwade.com.au. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ↑ "Coast MPs say sorry for debt claims", Sunshine Coast Daily, 21 August 2012, retrieved 22 November 2012
| Parliament of Queensland | ||
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| Preceded by Mark Ryan |
Member for Morayfield 2012–2015 |
Succeeded by Mark Ryan |