James Griffin (Australian politician)
Australian politician
James Henry Griffin is an Australian politician. He is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Manly for the Liberal Party. Griffin was the New South Wales Minister for Environment and Heritage in the Second Perrottet ministry from December 2021 to March 2023.
Griffin is a senior member of the New South Wales Liberal Parliamentary Party. He currently serves as Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Shadow Minister for Digital, Artificial Intelligence and Investment, and Shadow Minister for Customer Service, and is Manager of Opposition Business in the Legislative Assembly.
He had previously served as a Cabinet Minister and as the NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Veterans, the NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Health, and NSW Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment.
Griffin was elected on 8 April 2017 at the Manly state by-election held to replace the previous member, former premier of New South Wales Mike Baird.
Background
Griffin went to school at St Mary's Cathedral College, and in 2006 was one of the first students to enrol at the Sydney campus of the University of Notre Dame Australia, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2008.
Griffin was also involved in local government, serving a single term as a councillor on Manly Council, and as deputy mayor under Mayor Jean Hay from 2015 to 2016 when the council was amalgamated into the Northern Beaches Council. His mother, Cathy Griffin, was a major in the Australian Army, and also served one term as a councillor in Manly, albeit as a member of the NSW Greens.
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