Brad Rowswell Explained

Brad Rowswell
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Am:Sandringham
Assembly:Victorian Legislative
Term Start:24 November 2018
Predecessor:Murray Thompson
Birth Place:Sandringham, Victoria
Nationality:Australian
Party:Liberal

Brad Rowswell (born 1986) is an Australian politician and the current Shadow Treasurer of Victoria. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Sandringham.

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]

Early life and career

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. Rowswell once studied to be a Catholic priest.[4]

Prior to his election to parliament, Rowswell worked as a political advisor and a communications manager for the defense contractor Raytheon.[5] [6]

Politics

Rowswell was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Sandringham in 2018 over former councillor Felicity Frederico.[7] He suffered a 9.5% swing against him, but won the election by slightly over 500 votes.[5] While campaigning in 2017, a fundraiser for his campaign included former tennis player and anti-LGBT campaigner Margaret Court.[8] [9] Rowswell was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy in March 2021 by Michael O'Brien. When O'Brien was subject to a leadership spill and replaced by Matthew Guy in September 2021 Rowswell was removed from the shadow cabinet.[10]

Rowswell was re-elected at the 2022 Victorian state election.[11] After the election he ran in the 2022 Victorian Liberal Party deputy leadership election, losing to David Southwick, and was subsequently appointed Shadow Treasurer. Rowswell voted to expel Moira Deeming from the parliamentary Liberal Party in May 2023.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First-term MPs on frontbench as Libs aim to be 'a better alternative'. The Age. Preiss. Benjamin. March 9, 2020. October 16, 2020.
  2. News: Australia has more than 2,000 new cases; Tony Abbott attacks mask 'snitching' – as it happened. The Guardian. 11 September 2021. Taylor. Josh.
  3. Web site: Brad Rowswell MP. Brad Rowswell. October 16, 2020.
  4. Web site: TRANSCRIPT - LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. 2023-08-18.
  5. Web site: Green . Antony . 2018 . Sandringham . Victorian State Election 2018 . . Antony Green.
  6. Web site: ACT 2609 . Raytheon Australia 4 Brindabella Circuit Canberra Airport . Combat system dominance: 10 million hours, delivering for world-class defence programs . 2022-05-31 . Raytheon Australia - News Release Archive . en.
  7. Web site: Victorian election 'catastrophe' spurs Liberal women to push for female MP quotas. ABC News. Dunlan. Joseph. December 3, 2018. January 23, 2020.
  8. Web site: Margaret Court the guest speaker at Liberal Party fundraiser in Melbourne. The Age. Willingham. Richard. June 4, 2017. October 17, 2020.
  9. Web site: Margaret Court protest planned for Liberal fundraiser. Star Observer. Jones. Jesse. June 20, 2017. October 17, 2020.
  10. Web site: Victorian Liberals: 'Factional stitch-up' or generational change? Michael O'Brien loyalists dumped from Matthew Guy frontbench. The Age. 11 September 2021.
  11. Web site: Sandringham (Key Seat) - VIC Electorate, Candidates, Results . .
  12. Web site: Victorian Liberals expel controversial MP Moira Deeming for 'bringing discredit' to party. SBS News. Australian Associated Press. 12 May 2023. 12 May 2023.

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