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Portrait of James McGrath

James McGrath

Liberal National Party · Senate · QLD · incumbent

James Anthony McGrath was born on 14 May 1974 in Toowoomba, Queensland, and attended Toowoomba State High School and Nambour State High School. He graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws, having served as President of the Griffith University Liberal Club, and later completed a Master of Laws at the Queensland University of Technology. He has been a senator for Queensland, sitting with the Liberal Party, since 2014. [source]

Admitted as a solicitor and worked with the Queensland Parliamentary Ombudsman 1999-2001; political strategist who worked with Lynton Crosby on Boris Johnson's 2008 London mayoral campaign. Shadow Special Minister of State, Shadow Minister for Urban Infrastructure and Cities, and Shadow Minister for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games since 28 May 2025. [source]

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Voted for the second reading of the Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017, which proposed replacing 'offend, insult, humiliate' with 'harass' in section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (Senate, 30 March 2017; Ayes 32, Noes 29). Voted for Schedule 1 of that bill to stand as printed, the provision making the substitution; the Schedule was negatived and the change did not proceed (Senate, in committee, 30-31 March 2017; Ayes 28, Noes 31).

Record last updated 2026-08-13.