13th Leader of the National Party in Western Australia
In office 9 August 2016 – 11 March 2017
Deputy
Mia Davies
Preceded by
Terry Redman
Succeeded by
Mia Davies
In office 21 June 2005 – 19 November 2013
Deputy
Terry Waldron
Preceded by
Max Trenorden
Succeeded by
Terry Redman
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 9 March 2013 – 11 March 2017
Preceded by
Tom Stephens
Succeeded by
Kevin Michel
Constituency
Pilbara
In office 24 November 2001 – 6 September 2008
Preceded by
Hendy Cowan
Succeeded by
None (abolished)
Constituency
Merredin
In office 6 September 2008 – 9 March 2013
Preceded by
None (new seat)
Succeeded by
Mia Davies
Constituency
Central Wheatbelt
Personal details
Born
Brendon John Grylls
(1973-06-05) 5 June 1973 (age 51) Perth, Western Australia
Political party
National
Brendon John Grylls (born 5 June 1973) is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2017. Grylls became leader of the National Party in Western Australia from 2005 to 2013, and again from 2016, however he lost his seat at the state election in 2017.
Grylls was born in Perth, but was raised in Corrigin, a small town in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. A farmer and small business owner, he was elected to the Corrigin Shire Council in 2000, but resigned the following year to contest the 2001 state election, winning the seat of Merredin. Grylls was elected state leader of the National Party in 2005, replacing Max Trenorden. At the 2008 state election, his seat was abolished in a redistribution, and he transferred to the new seat of Central Wheatbelt. The Nationals won the overall balance of power, and Grylls subsequently chose to support Colin Barnett as premier, allowing the Liberal Party to form a minority government. Grylls was appointed Minister for Regional Development and Minister for Lands in the Barnett ministry.
At the 2013 state election, Grylls transferred from ultra-safe Central Wheatbelt to the traditionally Labor-held seat of Pilbara; the move by Grylls would later prove to be the turning point in his bid to hold a seat in the Western Australia MLA and was prompted by a political strategy to test the National's appeal to the regions.[1] He was the first National to win the seat, which has historically been a safe seat for the Labor Party. Grylls resigned both from the ministry and as leader of the National Party in November 2013, citing a desire to focus on his personal life. He returned as party leader in August 2016, replacing Terry Redman, and was re-appointed to the ministry. He was defeated by the Labor candidate Kevin Michel when re-contesting Pilbara at the 2017 state election.[2]
^"Brendon Grylls risks all in battle for the Pilbara". 26 February 2013.
^Zaunmayr, Tom (14 March 2017). "Defeated Grylls' job hunt to keep family in Pilbara". The West Australian. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
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leader (Colin Barnett) became the Premier, but the Nationals leader (BrendonGrylls) did not become the Deputy Premier, an office that the deputy Liberal...
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and Lands In office 8 December 2014 – 11 March 2017 Leader Terry Redman BrendonGrylls Mia Davies Preceded by Vince Catania Succeeded by Martin Aldridge...
Colin Barnett LIB 11.7% Warren-Blackwood Paul Omodei LIB 15.0% Merredin BrendonGrylls NAT 15.5% v LIB Moore Gary Snook LIB 17.3% Avon Max Trenorden NAT 22...
Preceded by John Bowler Minister for Land Information 2006–2008 Succeeded by BrendonGrylls Preceded by Sheila McHale Minister for Indigenous Affairs 2006–2008...
counterparts' lead politically, and leader BrendonGrylls had torn up the Coalition agreement a year earlier. Knowing that Grylls was in a position to effectively...
Assembly for Pilbara Incumbent Assumed office 11 March 2017 Preceded by BrendonGrylls Personal details Born (1961-03-26) 26 March 1961 (age 63) Golden Rock...
office 26 February 2005 – 9 March 2013 Preceded by New seat Succeeded by BrendonGrylls Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia In office 31...
with $203 million the forecast surplus for 2011-12. Nationals leader BrendonGrylls stated that the ratio blowout could be avoided by reassessing major...
1974 – 16 October 2001 Preceded by James McMillan Brown Succeeded by BrendonGrylls Personal details Nationality Australian Political party National Party...
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