Frederick Sheppard "Fred" Grimwade (12 September 1933 – 23 February 1989) was an Australian politician.

Fred Grimwade
President of the Victorian Legislative Council
In office
18 July 1979 – 15 July 1985
Preceded byWilliam Fry
Succeeded byRod Mackenzie
Victorian Legislative Council
In office
29 April 1967 – 4 May 1979
Serving with Jock Granter, Bruce Reid
ConstituencyBendigo Province
In office
5 May 1979 – 12 February 1987
Serving with Jock Granter
ConstituencyCentral Highlands Province
Personal details
Born
Frederick Sheppard Grimwade

(1933-09-12)12 September 1933
Melbourne, Victoria
Died23 February 1989(1989-02-23) (aged 55)
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse
Joan Elizabeth Rich OBE
(m. 1956)
Relatives
EducationMelbourne Grammar School
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Farmer, grazier
  • Politician

Grimwade was born in Melbourne, the son of Erick Grimwade (whose grandfather was a state politician) and Gwendolen Ada Carnegie. He attended Melbourne Grammar School and Melbourne University, where he was a resident student at Trinity College.[1] He graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science, and then undertook further study at Iowa State College in the United States. He subsequently farmed at Glenaroua Homestead in Broadford. On 3 May 1956 he married Joan Elizabeth Rich, State Commissioner of the Victorian Girl Guides Association from 1973 to 1978. Grimwade was involved in several beef farming societies as well as the agriculture faculty of Melbourne University, and was on the council of the Bendigo Institute of Technology and the state Liberal Party. He was a member of Pyalong Shire Council from 1961 to 1980, serving as president from 1962 to 1963 and 1972 to 1972. In 1967 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council representing Bendigo Province, transferring to Central Highlands in 1979. He served as President of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1979 to 1985. He retired from politics in 1987.[2]

Grimwade initiated the idea of creating a portrait gallery for former Premiers of Victoria, with Grimwade arranging for paintings to be commissioned from photographs of former non-living Premiers and life studies of living former Premiers. Originally displayed in the corridor leading to the Members Dining Room, the portrait gallery is now located in Queens Hall in Parliament House.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Victoria Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 3 June 1979, vol. 344, p. 1656.
  2. ^ "Grimwade, Frederick Sheppard". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "History of the Premiers portraits". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022.