Date of Birth: 27/08/1868
Place of Birth: Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Date of Death: 20/03/1939
Place of Death: Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Murrumbidgee |
25 Mar 1922 |
18 Apr 1925 |
3 years 25 days |
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| Member for Murrumbidgee |
20 Mar 1920 |
17 Feb 1922 |
1 year 10 months 29 days |
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| Minister without portfolio Assisting Minister of Agriculture |
09 Feb 1920 |
12 Apr 1920 |
2 months 4 days |
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| Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 |
17 Jul 1917 |
30 Mar 1918 |
8 months 14 days |
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| Member for Ashburnham |
24 Mar 1917 |
18 Feb 1920 |
2 years 10 months 26 days |
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| Case of Denis Maguire Committee No. 13 |
17 Aug 1915 |
13 Apr 1916 |
7 months 28 days |
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| Dismissal of certain Tramway Employees charged with being found in a common Gaming-house at Redfern Committee No. 12 |
10 Aug 1915 |
13 Apr 1916 |
8 months 4 days |
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| Member for Ashburnham |
06 Dec 1913 |
21 Feb 1917 |
3 years 2 months 16 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
06 Dec 1913 |
18 Apr 1925 |
11 years 4 months 13 days |
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Political Party Activity
Liberal Party; National Party
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Farmer. As a child lived in Young, Grenfell and Balmain after 1880 when his father became a moderator of the Presbyterian church of New South Wales. Educated at Fort Street public school; from age sixteen spent several years as a drover, shearer, station and farm hand before acquiring a small property at Grassdale near Grenfell in 1891; became a bankrupt in 1895, discharged in 1896; stock and station agent; later owned Glen Esk near Grenfell; member of Farmers and Settlers Association in 1912.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Councillor at Weddin Shire in 1906, president in 1913.
Personal
Son of George Grimm, Presbyterian minister, and Mary Hetherington. Married Jane Eliza Stinson on 27 June 1900 and had issue, 2 daughters and 3 sons. Presbyterian. Funeral at Northern Suburbs crematorium from Presbyterian Church in Manly.
