Tony McGrady

Mr McGrady was a member of the Australian Labor Party and elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the Member for Mount Isa after 16 years as an Alderman on the Mount Isa City Council and as Mayor for the last five years. Tony was Minister for Mines and Energy, moving to Police and Corrective Services and then to State Development and Innovation. He was subsequently elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and retained that role until his retirement from State politics. Mr McGrady was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia for service to the Parliament of Queensland, to the community of Mount Isa through local government roles and, to youth training and development programs. Queensland local government elections, he was again elected Mayor of Mount Isa and held the position until retiring. He currently chairs the Queensland Premier's Ambassadors Council, the CopperString Regional Reference Group and LifeFlight's Advisory Committee for the North-West Region and is a Federal Government appointee to the Riversleigh World Heritage Committee.