{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Grant McBride | honorific_suffix = | image = Grant McBride.jpg | image_size = | caption = | office = Minister for Gaming and Racing | term_start = 2 April 2003 | term_end = 2 April 2007 | premier = Bob Carr<br>Morris Iemma | predecessor = Michael Egan | successor = Graham West | office2 = Minister for the Central Coast | term_start2 = 1 February 2005 | term_end2 = 2 April 2007 | premier2 = Bob Carr<br>Morris Iemma | predecessor2 = John Della Bosca ''(as Minister Assisting the Premier for the Central Coast)'' | successor2 = John Della Bosca | office3 = Assistant Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | term_start3 = 8 May 2007 | term_end3 = 4 March 2011 | predecessor3 = Alison Megarrity | successor3 = Andrew Fraser | constituency_MP4 = The Entrance | parliament4 = New South Wales | term_start4 = 18 January 1992 | term_end4 = 26 March 2011 | predecessor4 = Bob Graham | successor4 = Chris Spence | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1949|12|29}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|2|12|1949|12|29}} | death_place = Wyong, New South Wales, Australia | constituency = | party = Labor | spouse = | children = 8 (including Emma McBride) | profession = Civil engineer | signature = | footnotes = | website = }}

'''Grant Anthony McBride''' (29 December 1949 – 12 February 2018) was an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of The Entrance on the New South Wales Central Coast for the Labor Party between 1992 and 2011.

== Political career == McBride won Australian Labor Party preselection for The Entrance in the 1991 state election, losing to Liberal incumbent Bob Graham by 116 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Voting by district - Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/nsw/nsw-91-assembly.txt|accessdate=13 February 2018}}</ref> However, due to the late completion of the 1991 redistribution, hundreds of voters received absentee ballots for Gosford. As a result, the Court of Disputed Returns ordered a by-election for 1992, which was won by McBride.<ref>{{cite web | title =The Entrance (Key Seat) | work =Election Guide | publisher =Australian Broadcasting Corporation | url =https://www.abc.net.au/elections/nsw/2007/guide/tent.htm | accessdate = 2007-02-17 }}</ref>

In 2003, McBride was appointed Minister for Gaming and Racing and, in 2005, appointed Minister for the Central Coast.<ref name="Grant McBride NSW parl">{{cite NSW Parliament |title=The Hon. Grant Anthony McBride (1949-2018) |id=2128 |former=Yes |accessdate=23 November 2019}}</ref> As Minister for Gaming and Racing, in 2005, he proposed a ban on Dutch beer Shag, claiming its name was offensive to Australians. McBride said the beer's name linked it, "directly with sexual intercourse".<ref name="SMH2005"/> McBride held both Ministerial positions until a controversy arose during 2006, when he was accused of wasting $50,000 on an overseas trip in November 2005. It was alleged that McBride was accompanied by former Gosford City Councillor, Daniel Cook and his former chief of staff (and son of former Police Minister Paul Whelan) John Whelan. Media reports of the incident suggested McBride had taken the trip knowing he might be removed from the Cabinet. McBride lost his position as Minister for Gaming and Racing and Minister for the Central Coast in April 2007.<ref>{{cite news | last =Clennell | first =Andrew | title =After $50,000 trip, Minister is minus his department | work =Sydney Morning Herald | publisher =Fairfax Media | url =https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/after-50000-trip-minister-is-minus-his-department/2006/03/10/1141701698655.html | date =11 March 2006 | accessdate = 2010-11-09 }}</ref>

In May 2007, McBride was appointed Assistant Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.<ref name="Grant McBride NSW parl"/> On 8 November 2010, McBride announced that he would not contest the 2011 state election.<ref>{{cite news | last =Smith | first =Alexandra | title =Time's up for central coast Labor MPs | work =Sydney Morning Herald | publisher =Fairfax Media | url =https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/times-up-for-central-coast-labor-mps-20101108-17kiv.html | date =9 November 2010 | accessdate = 2010-11-09 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Two more NSW Labor MPs bow out | author=AAP | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=2010-11-08 | url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/two-more-nsw-labor-mps-bow-out-20101108-17jz2.html | accessdate=2010-11-08}}</ref>

==Personal life and death== McBride was a qualified engineer who worked as an electorate officer to former prime minister, Gough Whitlam.<ref name="Grant McBride NSW parl"/> He was married and lived in The Entrance with his wife and eight children, and was an avowed teetotaller and non-gambler.<ref name="SMH2005">{{cite news| last =Mitchell| first =Alex| title =Beer's blue bottle faces ban| work =The Sun-Herald| url =https://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Whats-in-a-name/2005/06/04/1117825104560.html| date =5 June 2005| accessdate = 2010-11-09 }}</ref> His daughter, Emma McBride, is the current federal MP for Division of Dobell.

He died on 12 February 2018 from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 68.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.triplem.com.au/news/central-coast/grant-mcbride-former-the-entrance-mp-dies-at-68|title=Grant McBride, Former The Entrance MP, Dies At 68|date=13 February 2018|publisher=|accessdate=13 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Former Central Coast Minister Grant McBride dies after battle with Alzheimer's|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/central-coast/former-central-coast-minister-grant-mcbride-dies-after-battle-with-alzheimers/news-story/3fbbbd43a7e33f43215847d313623545|accessdate=13 February 2018|work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> The ocean baths at The Entrance were named ''The Grant McBride Baths'' shortly after his death, in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Entrance Ocean Baths to be named after Grant McBride|url=https://coastcommunitynews.com.au/central-coast/news/2018/03/entrance-ocean-baths-named-grant-mcbride/|publisher=Coast Community News|date=22 March 2018}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-nsw-la}} {{s-bef|before=Bob Graham }} {{s-ttl|title=Member for The Entrance |years=1992–2011}} {{s-aft|after=Chris Spence }} {{s-new}} {{s-ttl|title=Assistant Speaker of the Legislative Assembly|years=2007–2011|alongside=Alison Megarrity}} {{s-aft|after=Andrew Fraser}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=Minister for Gaming and Racing | before=Michael Egan | years=2003–2007| after =Graham West}} {{succession box | title=Minister for the Central Coast | before=John Della Bosca | years=2005–2007| after =John Della Bosca}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}

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