Graham was born in St George in Queensland in 1966 and is the seventh of ten children. He received a Diploma of Teaching in 1985 and taught for three years with Education Queensland on the Darling Downs and far north Queensland, and for eight years in Catholic schools in Brisbane.
Graham was awarded a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 1993 by the University of Queensland. He commenced studying law part-time in 1995 and received his Bachelor of Laws from the Queensland University of Technology in 1999. Later that year he was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court.
Graham worked as an organiser with the Queensland Independent Education Union, and was later a Senior Policy Advisor with the Queensland Government. He was ALP candidate for Moreton in the 2004 federal election.
Graham is a keen reader and enjoys running, bushwalking, tennis and community work. He lives in Moorooka with his wife Lea and his two young sons.
Electorate Profile
Moreton
State:
QLD
Name Derivation:
Named after the area in which it is located. Captain Cook named Moreton Bay in 1770 after the Earl of Morton, which was misspelt to become Moreton.
Area and Location Description:
Moreton covers an area of approximately 111 sq km from Fairfield in the north, Chelmer, Corinda and Oxley in the west, Eight Mile Plains and Kuraby in the east to Sunnyank Hills in the South. The main suburbs include Acacia Ridge, Archerfield, Chelmer, Coopers Plains, Corinda, Fairfield, Graceville, Kuraby, Macgregor, Moorooka, Nathan, Oxley, Robertson, Rocklea, Runcorn, Salisbury, Sherwood, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Tennyson, Willawong, Yeerongpilly and Yeronga and parts of Algester, Annerley, Eight Mile Plains and Tarragindi.
Products/Industries of the Area:
The area is mainly residential with some light industrial and commercial activities. A light aircraft airport is in Archerfield.
First Proclaimed/Election:
1900/1901
Demographic Rating:
Inner Metropolitan
Members:
- Perrett, G (ALP) 2007-
- Hardgrave, G (LP) 1996-2007
- Gibson, G D (ALP) 1990-1996
- Cameron, D M (LP) 1983-1990
- Killen, D J (LP) 1955-1983
- Francis, J (NAT/UAP/LP) 1922-1955
- Wienholt, A (NAT/CP) 1919-1922
- Sinclair, H (ANTI-SOC/LIB/NAT) 1906-1919
- Wilkinson, J (IND LAB/ALP) 1901-1906