Brendon Grylls

The Honourable Brendon Grylls
Grylls in September 2011
Leader of the National Party in Western Australia
In office 9 August 2016 – 11 March 2017
Deputy	Mia Davies
Preceded by	Terry Redman
Succeeded by	Mia Davies
In office 21 June 2005 – 19 November 2013
Deputy	Terry Waldron
Preceded by	Max Trenorden
Succeeded by	Terry Redman
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 9 March 2013 – 11 March 2017
Preceded by	Tom Stephens
Succeeded by	Kevin Michel
Constituency	Pilbara
In office 24 November 2001 – 6 September 2008
Preceded by	Hendy Cowan
Succeeded by	None (abolished)
Constituency	Merredin
In office 6 September 2008 – 9 March 2013
Preceded by	None (new seat)
Succeeded by	Mia Davies
Constituency	Central Wheatbelt
Personal details
Born	(1973-06-05) 5 June 1973 (age 43) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	National

Brendon John Grylls (born 5 June 1973) is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2017. Grylls became leader of the National Party in Western Australia from 2005 to 2013, and again from 2016, however he lost his seat at the state election in 2017.

Grylls was born in Perth, but was raised in Corrigin, a small town in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. A farmer and small business owner, he was elected to the Corrigin Shire Council in 2000, but resigned the following year to contest the 2001 state election, winning the seat of Merredin. Grylls was elected state leader of the National Party in 2005, replacing Max Trenorden. At the 2008 state election, his seat was abolished in a redistribution, and he transferred to the new seat of Central Wheatbelt. The Nationals won the overall balance of power, and Grylls subsequently chose to support Colin Barnett as premier, allowing the Liberal Party to form a minority government. Grylls was appointed Minister for Regional Development and Minister for Lands in the Barnett ministry.