John McGrath (Victorian politician)
John Francis McGrath (born 7 September 1939) is a former Australian politician.
He was born at Port Fairy and attended St Joseph's Christian Brothers College in Warrnambool. From 1963 he was a credit manager, becoming a commercial retail manager in 1967 and a small business operator in 1972. A member of the National Party, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1985 as the member for Warrnambool. In that year he was appointed National Party Spokesman for Housing, moving to Transport and Labour in 1988 with the additional responsibility of Deputy Whip. In 1992 he was appointed Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees, a post he held until his retirement from politics in 1999.[1]
References
- ↑ Parliament of Victoria (2008). "McGrath, John Francis". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
| Victorian Legislative Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by Adam Kempton |
Member for Warrnambool 1985–1999 |
Succeeded by John Vogels |