Brad Rowswell
Brad Rowswell (born 1986) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Sandringham, winning election by just over 500 votes. He was for a time the Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition and Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet, however he was removed from this role on Matthew Guy’s return to the Liberal Party leadership in September 2021. Early life. Rowswell was born at the Sandringham Hospital and grew up in the suburb of Beaumaris. He was educated at St  Bede's College in Mentone. Career. Rowswell worked in business and as a political advisor before his election to State Parliament. He was selected as the Liberal nominee over former councillor Felicity Frederico, and won election to State Parliament over Labor Party candidate Anita Horvath by slightly over 500 votes, winning 50.6% to 49.4%. While Rowswell was campaigning for office in 2017, a fundraiser for him and the Sandringham Liberal Party included as guest speaker Margaret Court, a former tennis player who was one of the leading voices against same-sex marriage and has been accused of homophobic statements. Rowswell  spoke against Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews being depicted as a Nazi after a poster of Andrews with a moustache similar to Adolf Hitler was discovered in Highett, which is part of Rowswell's Sandringham electorate. Rowswell was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy in March 2021 following the failed leadership spill against Michael O'Brien, but was removed from Shadow Cabinet in September 2021 on Matthew Guy's return his party's leadership. Rowswell once studied to be a Catholic Priest. Rowswell has advocated the removal of Highett's level crossings.