James Griffin

Mr (James) James Henry GRIFFIN, BA, MP

Member for:

Manly

House:

Legislative Assembly

Party:

Liberal Party

Ministry:

Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate ChangeShadow Minister for Digital, Artificial Intelligence and InvestmentShadow Minister for Customer Service

Office:

Manager of Opposition Business in the Legislative Assembly

Contact details

Parliamentary activity

Information about members' parliamentary activity including links to speeches made in parliament, notice tracking, questions tracking, positions held and biography.

Current positions
PositionStartNotes
Member, Standing Orders and Procedure Committee Wed 04 February 2026
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change Tue 06 January 2026
Shadow Minister for Digital, Artificial Intelligence and Investment Tue 06 January 2026
Shadow Minister for Customer Service Tue 06 January 2026
Manager of Opposition Business in the Legislative Assembly Tue 06 January 2026
Member, Standing Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and Ethics Tue 18 February 2025
Member, Joint Standing Committee on Net Zero Future Thu 20 June 2024
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly Sat 08 April 2017
Member for Manly Sat 08 April 2017
Prior positions
PositionStartEndPeriodNotes
Shadow Minister for Energy, Climate Change and Environment Sun 28 July 2024Tue 06 January 20261 year 5 months 10 days
Member, Legislative Assembly Select Committee on Essential Worker Housing Thu 16 May 2024Fri 13 June 20251 year 29 daysOptions for essential worker housing in New South Wales
Shadow Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government Tue 09 May 2023Tue 06 January 20262 years 7 months 29 days
Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change Tue 09 May 2023Sun 28 July 20241 year 2 months 20 days
Minister for Environment and Heritage Tue 21 December 2021Tue 28 March 20231 year 3 months 8 days
Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Veterans Fri 08 October 2021Tue 21 December 20212 months 14 days
Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Veterans Wed 09 June 2021Tue 05 October 20213 months 27 days
Member, Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Planning Tue 18 June 2019Thu 31 March 20222 years 9 months 14 days
Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment and Veterans Wed 24 April 2019Wed 09 June 20212 years 1 month 17 days
Deputy Chair, Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission Thu 25 October 2018Fri 01 March 20194 months 5 days
Chair, Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Planning Wed 26 September 2018Fri 01 March 20195 months 4 days
Member, Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission Thu 20 September 2018Fri 01 March 20195 months 10 days
Member, Legislative Assembly Committee on Environment and Planning Thu 20 September 2018Fri 01 March 20195 months 10 days
Chair, Legislation Review Committee Thu 23 November 2017Thu 20 September 20189 months 29 days
Member, Legislation Review Committee Thu 01 June 2017Thu 23 November 20175 months 23 daysElected Chair of the Committee on 23 November 2017 (see separate entry).
About the Manly electorate

Includes partially or wholly the following localities and postcodes.

Localities: Balgowlah, Balgowlah Heights, Brookvale, Clontarf, Curl Curl, Dee Why, Fairlight, Freshwater, Manly, Manly Vale, North Balgowlah, North Curl Curl, North Manly, Queenscliff, Seaforth.

Postcodes: 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2099, 2100

Area: 32.9155 square kilometres

Enrolment: 59,860

For more detailed information see - https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Manly

Biography

Political party activity

2005 to present, Member, Manly Branch of the Liberal Party of Australia

Community activity

Patron of various Manly based community organisations and groups

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Notre Dame, Australia
Advanced Political Leadership Program, The McKinnon Institute
Occupations
Director, KPMG Australia
Interests
Running and surfing

Additional information

Inaugural Speech, 3 May 2017:

James Griffin Inaugural Speech (pdf, 135.32 KB)

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