| Darren Grimwade | |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Councillor |
| Office1: | Councillor of the City of Moreton Bay for Division 11 |
| Term Start1: | 19 March 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Bob Millar |
| Constituency Am2: | Morayfield |
| Assembly2: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 24 March 2012 |
| Term End2: | 31 January 2015 |
| Predecessor2: | Mark Ryan |
| Successor2: | Mark Ryan |
| Birth Date: | 1980 4, df=yes |
| Party: | Independent (since 2015)[1] Liberal National (until 2015) |
Darren John Grimwade (born 3 April 1980) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2012 to 2015, representing the electorate of Morayfield.
Grimwade was born in Redcliffe. He worked as a baker and as a director of a taxation franchise before buying a pizza café in Burpengary in 2007, which he was operating at the time of his election to parliament. He was awarded Queensland Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008.[2] [3] [4]
Grimwade was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2012 state election, defeating Labor MP Mark Ryan.
In the 2015 state election, Grimwade was unsuccessful in his re-election bid for the seat of Morayfield, and was succeeded by the former member for Morayfield, Mark Ryan, who Grimwade defeated in 2012.
In 2016, Grimwade was elected as a local Councillor to the Moreton Bay Regional Council, representing Division 11.[5]
At the 2020 local government elections, Grimwade was returned to council, again representing Division 11 with a 76.52% primary vote.[6] He was again elected in 2024, this time unopposed.