14 Facts About Grant Tambling

Grant Tambling was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 1983 and then a Senator for the Northern Territory from 1987 to 2001, representing the Country Liberal Party.

Grant Tambling later served as Administrator of Norfolk Island from 2003 to 2007.

Grant Tambling attended Darwin High School and Adelaide Boys' High School, returning to Darwin before moving to Sydney for work.

Grant Tambling served as Executive Member for Community Development in that first parliament.

Grant Tambling served as the member for the Northern Territory electorate in the House of Representatives from 1980 to 1983, but was again defeated by an ALP rival, John Reeves.

Grant Tambling sat with the parliamentary National Country Party like his predecessor Sam Calder.

Unlike Kilgariff who sat with the Liberal Party, Grant Tambling continued to sit with the parliamentary National Party, as he did previously as member for Northern Territory.

Grant Tambling is the only Territorian to have served in both houses of federal parliament.

Grant Tambling was the Deputy National Party Leader in the Senate between 10 April 1990 and 23 March 1993, and a second time between 11 May 2000 and 9 November 2001.

Grant Tambling spent almost six years as parliamentary secretary in the Howard government, between 11 March 1996 and 26 November 2001.

Grant Tambling spent fourteen years as a Senator before being disendorsed by the CLP at the 2001 election for voting in favour of anti-Internet gaming legislation.

Grant Tambling subsequently retired from politics and worked for two years in private consultancy.

Grant Tambling was appointed the Administrator of Norfolk Island, for a term lasting from 1 November 2003 to September 2007.

Grant Tambling died on 24 January 2025, at the age of 81.