Brad Rowswell

Brad Rowswell (born 1986) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Sandringham, winning election by just over 500 votes. He was for a time the Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition and Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet, however he was removed from this role on Matthew Guy’s return to the Liberal Party leadership in September 2021.[1][2]

Brad Rowswell
MP
Rowswell in 2018
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Sandringham
Assumed office
24 November 2018
Preceded byMurray Thompson
Personal details
Born1986 (age 35–36)
Sandringham, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal

Early life

Rowswell was born at the Sandringham Hospital and grew up in the suburb of Beaumaris.[3] He was educated at St Bede's College in Mentone.

Career

Rowswell worked in business and as a political advisor before his election to State Parliament.[4] He was selected as the Liberal nominee over former councillor Felicity Frederico,[5] and won election to State Parliament over Labor Party candidate Anita Horvath by slightly over 500 votes, winning 50.6% to 49.4%.[4]

While Rowswell was campaigning for office in 2017, a fundraiser for him and the Sandringham Liberal Party included as guest speaker Margaret Court, a former tennis player who was one of the leading voices against same-sex marriage and has been accused of homophobic statements.[6][7]

Rowswell spoke against Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews being depicted as a Nazi after a poster of Andrews with a moustache similar to Adolf Hitler was discovered in Highett, which is part of Rowswell's Sandringham electorate.[8]

Rowswell was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy in March 2021 following the failed leadership spill against Michael O'Brien, but was removed from Shadow Cabinet in September 2021 on Matthew Guy's return his party's leadership.[9]

Rowswell once studied to be a Catholic Priest.[10]

Rowswell has advocated the removal of Highett's level crossings.[11]

References
  1. Preiss, Benjamin (9 March 2020). "First-term MPs on frontbench as Libs aim to be 'a better alternative'". The Age. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  2. Taylor, Josh (11 September 2021). "Australia has more than 2,000 new cases; Tony Abbott attacks mask 'snitching' – as it happened". The Guardian.
  3. "Brad Rowswell MP". Brad Rowswell. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. Green, Antony (2018). "Sandringham". Victorian State Election 2018. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. Dunlan, Joseph (3 December 2018). "Victorian election 'catastrophe' spurs Liberal women to push for female MP quotas". ABC News. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  6. Willingham, Richard (4 June 2017). "Margaret Court the guest speaker at Liberal Party fundraiser in Melbourne". The Age. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. Jones, Jesse (20 June 2017). "Margaret Court protest planned for Liberal fundraiser". Star Observer. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. "Premier depicted as Nazi leader, residents encouraged to 'resist' wearing masks in shocking vandal attack". Herald Sun. 8 January 2021.
  9. "Victorian Liberals: 'Factional stitch-up' or generational change? Michael O'Brien loyalists dumped from Matthew Guy frontbench". 11 September 2021.
  10. https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/eic-LA/Transcripts/08_Mr_Deng_Chuor.pdf
  11. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/inner-south/bayside-council-to-advocate-for-removal-of-two-busy-highett-level-crossings/news-story/6640c6b33750ebe85107f53eef6d6b40


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