Parliamentary Service |
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MLA |
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Liberal
Member Esperance branch 1970
President Esperance branch 1974 |
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30 March 1974 |
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Roe |
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Electorates
- MLA Roe 30 March 1974–19 February 1983
- Contested Esperance–Dundas 19 February 1983
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1983 |
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Personal Information |
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12 June 1932 |
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North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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1936 with parents |
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Cyril Mitchell Grewar, bank officer, and Anna Matilda Weidenbach |
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Married 10 May 1958, St Peter’s Church, Victoria Park, Western Australia to Pauline Elva Ninham, primary school principal, daughter of William Charles Ninham and Edna Emily May Drewer
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Church of England |
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Various country primary schools, Perth Boys School and Perth Modern School
University of Western Australia
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Manager and consultant |
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Officer in charge at Esperance, Department of Agriculture 1954–1961
Operations Manager Esperance Land Development Company 1961–1964
Private consultant 1964–1974 (part-time from 1970) |
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Esperance Shire Council 22 May 1971–1974
Esperance Shire Council Deputy President 1973–1974 |
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Commenced farming in 1958 and continued until 1974 in part-time and full-time capacity
Resumed farming after leaving Parliament 120 kms east of Esperance
Personal interest in improving efficiency and productivity of agriculture
Member Farmers Union, Pastoralists and Graziers Association
Member Esperance Agricultural Society
Member of Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
Chairman of Esperance Meat Exporters during years in Parliament
Member Rotary, Seafarers
Various positions in Esperance Historical Society
Various positions in Esperance Progress Association
Various positions in St John’s Ambulance Association |
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Black, David (1936). Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume two, 1930 - 2010, p. 100.
West Australian, 22 November 1985.
Who's Who Australia, (1977) |
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