{{Short description|Australian politician (1951–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nick Griffiths | native_name = <!--The person's name in their own language, if different.--> | native_name_lang = <!--ISO 639-1 code, e.g., "fr" for French. If more than one, use {{lang}} in |native_name= instead.--> | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = OAM | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | office = 16th President of the Western Australian Legislative Council | term_start1 = 24 May 2005 | term_end1 = 21 May 2009 | predecessor1 = John Cowdell | successor1 = Barry House | office2 = Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for East Metropolitan Region | term_start2 = 22 May 1993 | term_end2 = 21 May 2009 | predecessor2 = Fred McKenzie | successor2 = Jock Ferguson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Barry, Wales | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|11|14|1951|12|24|df=y}} | death_place = | party = Labor Party | spouse = {{marriage|Rhonda Francis Thomson|1975|reason=divorced}}<br>{{marriage|Tracie Lynn Wilson (née Horter)|2008}} | children = 4 | profession = Barrister and solicitor | education = LL.B. | alma_mater = University of Western Australia | signature = | footnotes = }}
'''Nicholas David Griffiths''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (24 December 1951 – 14 November 2025) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the East Metropolitan Region.
==Life and career== Griffiths was born in Barry, Wales on 24 December 1951. Elected to Parliament in the 1993 state election and subsequently re-elected in the 1996, 2001 and 2005 state elections, he was a member of the Labor Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Griffiths,+Nicholas+(Nick)+David?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook |year=2008|accessdate=2008-08-01}}</ref> The Griffiths family emigrated to Western Australia in 1958.
He held several ministerial positions after entering parliament including: Shadow Attorney-General (1996–1999), Minister of Racing and Gaming (2001–2005) and Minister of Housing and Works (2003–2005). Following the 2005 election, he was elected as President of the Western Australian Legislative Council, a post which he held until 21 May 2009.
Griffiths was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2018 Australia Day Honours, "For service to the people and Parliament of Western Australia."<ref>{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=2000273 |date=2018-01-25 |recipient=GRIFFITHS, Nicholas David |award=Medal of the Order of Australia |postnominal=OAM |citation=For service to the people and Parliament of Western Australia. |access-date=2025-11-15 }}</ref>
Griffiths died on 14 November 2025, at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite news |title=Griffiths, Nicholas |url=https://www.westannouncements.com.au/browse/obituaries/view/griffiths-nicholas |access-date=20 November 2025 |publisher=The West Australian |date=20 November 2025}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-wa-lc}} {{succession box | title=Member for East Metropolitan Region | before=Fred McKenzie | years=1993–2009 | after=Jock Ferguson}} {{s-bef|before=John Cowdell}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the<br>Western Australian Legislative Council|years=2005–2009}} {{s-aft|after=Barry House}} {{s-end}}
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