Brendon Grylls | |
|---|---|
 Grylls in September 2011 | |
| 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 5 June 1973 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.