John Bramwell Grant (born 1954) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal National Party member of the

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from 2012 to 2015, representing the electorate of Springwood. Grant was born in

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, and operated his own building design and drafting company before entering politics. He was elected to the

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council in 1997, and was deputy mayor from 2004 to 2008. He was narrowly defeated at the 2008 council elections by

Aidan McLindon Aidan Patrick McLindon (born 26 February 1980) is an Australian politician. He was first elected for the seat of Beaudesert to the Queensland State Parliament for the Liberal National Party at the 2009 state election. He resigned from that p ...

, but regained his council seat in 2009 upon McLindon's election to parliament. He contested Woodridge as an independent at the 2001 state election, polling 10.9% of the vote. Grant joined the Liberal National Party in October 2010, citing dissatisfaction with the Labor government's water policy. He subsequently won LNP preselection to contest the state seat of Springwood, held by four-term Labor MLA Barbara Stone, at the 2012 state election. The seat had changed parties with each change of government since its inception in 1986. He went on to win the seat with a swing of more than 15 points as part of the LNP's landslide victory. Grant was appointed to the Transport, Housing and Local Government Committee upon his election. He was defeated by Labor candidate

Mick de Brenni Michael Christopher de Brenni (born 8 February 1978) is an Australian politician currently serving as the Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen and Minister for Public Works and Procurement of Queensland. He previously served as the Minis ...

in the LNP defeat at the 2015 state election.

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