Philip Sheppard Grimwade (9 April 1912 – 7 September 1961) was an Australian politician. He was born in Geelong to medical practitioner Alfred Sheppard Grimwade and Amy Gertrude Tanner. He attended

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, and was a farmer at Geelong from 1930. In 1936 he purchased property at Broadford. During

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he served 20th Motor Regiment. He was from a political family, being the grandson of

Frederick Sheppard Grimwade Frederick Sheppard Grimwade (10 November 1840 – 4 August 1910) was a businessman and Victorian member of parliament. Born in Norfolk, England, Grimwade arrived in Victoria in 1863. In 1867 he bought a pharmaceutical company and renamed it F ...

and uncle of Fred Grimwade. He served on Pyalong Shire Council from 1939 to 1961, and was president from 1943 to 1944 and from 1956 to 1957. In 1947 he was elected to the

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as the

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member for

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, but he was defeated after a single term in 1950. Grimwade died in

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in 1961.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grimwade, Philip 1912 births 1961 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians